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1. What is "a bitter irony" Lady Windermere speaks about?(p.76)
2. Why do the Windermeres want to go to the country?
3. What does Lady Windermere think of Mrs. Erlynne after the latter has spared her public dishonour?
4. How does Lord Windermere interpret Mrs. Erlynne's behaviour at Lord Darlington's place?
5. What is officially known about Lady Windermere's parents?
6. What advice does Mrs. Erlynne give to Lady Windermere?
7. Who turned out to be the happiest man in the play? Why?
IV. Comment on the following.
1. Mrs. Erlynne: "The English climate doesn't suit me. My heart is affected here." (p.79)
2. Mrs. Erlynne: "I thought I had no heart. I find I have, and a heart doesn't suit me . Somehow it doesn't go with modern dress."(p.83)
3. Lady Windermere: "Nowadays people seem to look on life as a speculation. It is not a speculation. It is a sacrament. Its ideal is Love. Its purification is sacrifice". (Act One, p.26)
Note: Comment on the light of Mrs. Erlynne's reckless and noble act of self-sacrifice.
4. Lady Windermere: "There is the same world for all of us, and good and evil, sin and innocence go through it hand in hand."(p.88)
V. a) Translate the following phrases into Russian.
to make a mistake, to do a sin, to do a folly, to disgrace oneself, to dishonour oneself, to ruin one's reputation, to do a shameful act, to enter a pit of shame, to ruin oneself, to sink into the depth of degradation, to wretch oneself, to make one's name infamous, to be inadmissible, to go about under an assumed name, to abandon smb for smb, a wretched woman, to cause infinite pain, to humiliate, to sneer at smb.
b) Speak about Mrs. Erlynne's past using the above phrases.
VI. Express your opinion.
1. Do you think Lord Windermere was hard on Mrs. Erlynne or do you think she deserved to be treated as a wicked woman?
2. Was it clever of Lord Windermere to insist on telling his wife the truth about Mrs. Erlynne?
3. Do you agree to Mrs. Erlynne's words: "My dear Windermere,manners before morals!" (p.79) Why?
4. Why do you think Mrs. Erlynne preferred "to live childless still"? (p.82)
VII. Answer the following questions.
1. What helped Lady Windermere to open her eyes on life?
2. Why does Lord Windermere look upon Mrs. Erlynne as a worthless and vicious woman and demand that she should leave hisfamily for ever?
3. Who is Lady Windermere's ideal in life? Why does Mrs.Erlynne think that ideals are dangerous things?
VIII. Write a brief summary of Act Four.
FINAL DISCUSSION
I. Choose one of Lady Windermere's or Mrs. Erlynne's monologues,learn it by heart and perform in class.
II. Exchange your impressions of the main characters of the play.Note their appearance, age, manners, interests and other elements of their background (pair work). Use the functional phrases given in ex. II, p. 94-95.
III. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the main idea of the play? Compare this play with O. Wilde's other comedies. What characters bear some resemblance?
2. What problems are touched upon in the play? What do you think is the author's attitude to London society?
3. What makes the play enjoyable when reading?
AN IDEAL HUSBAND*
* Wilde O. Plays. M., 1961.
The Persons of the Play
The Earl of Caversham ['Æ:1 @v 'k{v@S@m]
Viscount Goring ['vaIkaUnt 'gO:rIÎ]
Sir Robert Chiltern ['rÁb@t 'tSIlt@n]
Vicomte de Nanjac [vI'kÁÎt d@ 'n{nZ@k]
Mr. Montford ['mÁntf@d]
Mason ['meIs@n]
Phipps [fIps]
James [dZeImz]
Harold ['h{r@ld]
Gertrude ['gÆ:tru:d]
Lady Markby ['mA:kbI]
The Countess of Basildon ['kaUntIs @v 'bеIzIld@n]
Mrs. Marchmont ['mA:tSm@nt]
Miss Mabel Chiltern [meIbl]
Mrs.Cheveley, Laura ['tSI:vlI lO:r@]
Other Proper Names
p. 173 Boucher [bu:'SeI]
Louis Seize ['lu(:)I 'si:z]
p. 174 Lawrence ['lÁr@ns]
p 175 Tanagra ['t{n@gn@]
p. 178 Vandyck [,v{n 'daIk]
p. 181 Corot [kO:'rÆU]
Baron Arnheim ['b{r@n 'A:nhaIm]
Penelope [pI'nel@pI]
p. 188 the Argentine Canal ['A:dZ@ntaIn k@'n{l]
p. 189 the Panama Canal ['р{n@mA:]
the Suez Canal [su:Iz] or [sUIz]
p.212 Mr.Trafford ['tr{f@d]
p.222 Bath [bA:T]
p.225 St. James's Street [snt 'dZeImzIz]
p.232 Sphinx [sfIÎks]
Inverness [,Inv@'nes]
Inverness cape [,Inv@nes 'keIp]
Notes on the titles of nobility used in the play
1. earl – title of a British nobleman of high rank; feminine title is countess.
2. lord – title prefixed to names of peers and barons, hereditary titles of high rank; feminine title is lady.
3. baron – title of a British nobleman of the lowest rank.
4. baronet – lower in rank than a baron.
5. sir – prefix to the name of a knight or baronet.
6. duchess ['dötSis] – wife or widow of a duke, a nobleman of high rank next below a prince.
7. viscount – nobleman higher in rank than a baron, lower than an earl.
vicomte – a similar title used in France.
* Pay attention to the following:
Titles of nobility immediately preceeding a name are capitalized.
e.g. Lord Caversham, Sir Robert Chiltern, Baron Arnheim, etc.
Assignments
First Act
I. Recall the sentences in which the following proper names are used in the text:
the Row (p. 175), the Ladies' Gallery (p. 194) "the old Greek" and Penelope (p. 181). Say what they mean.
II. Each of the characters is associated with an artist or a work of art. There are also references to exquisite pieces of furniture or tapestry, the entire house, with its great chandeliers and magnificent staircases.
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