Comparison Between Two Playsa) The Importance Of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde

b) The Crucible By Arthur MillerIn Terms Of

Settings And Issues

No. Name Matric.no

1 Rosli B. Asmat D20111047757

2 Siti Hasyimah bt Nordin D20111047758

Time Settings

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Crucible

•Victorian era•19th Century•Play based in London•Written in 1895

•Puritan age•1962•Play based in Salem Massachusetts•Written in 1953•McCarthyism/anti-communist•Act I : morning•Act II : late evening•Act III : daytime

Place SettingsThe Importance of Being Earnest The Crucible

Act I : Rooms in Algernon’s house (luxurious and well furnished)

Act I : The bedroom of Betty Parris

Act II: Outdoors in Cecily’s yard(old fashioned, full of roses basket chairs)

Act II : the common room in Proctor’s house

Act III: Morning-rooms in Jack’s manor house

Act III : Salem meeting house

Act IV : Dreary prison cell

ISSUES

• Power

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Crucible

• Algernon• Lady Bracknell• Jack

• Abigail• Court

• Arrogance of society

• Dishonesty and Selfishness

The Importance of Being Earnest The Crucible

Lady Bracknell Reverend Parris

The Importance of Being Earnest The Crucible

•Jack• Algernon

•Abigail

• Family bondsThe Importance of Being Earnest The Crucible

Jack + Cecily Rev. Samuel Parris + Betty