The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

hate people who are not serious about meals,” says Algernon. “It is so shallow of them” (The Importance of Being Earnest). Write an essay that addresses some of the important ways in which food and eating feature in Wilde’s play.

Thesis statement are not required; neither are lengthy quotations. You must, however, provide evidence from the play. You are asked to think comparatively for this paper. But you are not required to assert that all the
texts you are considering function in similar ways or that they reach similar conclusions about a given topic. It is best to respect the differences among the authors and the texts rather than trying to force them into a single mold. Please remember that your claims must be grounded in a reading of textual detail. No outside sources. You may use the Chicago Manual of Style or the MLA style for citations. Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab provides a concise and useful MLA Formatting and Style Guide; see
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/.

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

hate people who are not serious about meals,” says Algernon. “It is so shallow of them” (The Importance of Being Earnest). Write an essay that addresses some of the important ways in which food and eating feature in Wilde’s play.

Thesis statement are not required; neither are lengthy quotations. You must, however, provide evidence from the play. You are asked to think comparatively for this paper. But you are not required to assert that all the
texts you are considering function in similar ways or that they reach similar conclusions about a given topic. It is best to respect the differences among the authors and the texts rather than trying to force them into a single mold. Please remember that your claims must be grounded in a reading of textual detail. No outside sources. You may use the Chicago Manual of Style or the MLA style for citations. Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab provides a concise and useful MLA Formatting and Style Guide; see
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/.