In The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack and Algernon clearly have a preoccupation with food. How does food serve as a symbol for obedience to impulse and the pursuit of pleasure. How does this symbol help Oscar Wilde to comment on and satirize society?

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anonymous · Answer

They use it more of a joke to being serious. the food symbolizes attatchment.

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could you put that in the form of a question?

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what do you mean?

anonymous · Answer

im supposed to ask a question for a discussion and i have know idea what to ask

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Is the question asked above in the discussion?

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no those are part of the directions

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the whole thing is below:

In The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack and Algernon clearly have a preoccupation with food. In this lesson, you explored the deeper meaning of this preoccupation. Using what you learned in this lesson and what you have read in the text, discuss how food serves as a symbol for obedience to impulse and the pursuit of pleasure. How does this symbol help Oscar Wilde to comment on and satirize society?

anonymous · Answer

i dont understand still..