The Song in The Importance of Being Earnest: LRP May meme

I’ve read two classics so far this month; one of them is The Great Gatsby and the other The Importance of Being Earnest. In my review of Importance, you can also read my thoughts about the 2002 adaptation. And for this month’s Let’s Read Plays meme which theme is music, I chose to feature the soundtrack from The Importance of Being Earnest 2002 adaptation. On … Continue reading The Song in The Importance of Being Earnest: LRP May meme

The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde

Bunburying—a term that indicates a double life as an excuse for absence. (Source: Wikipedia) Have you ever felt the need to escape some certain situations and create a fictitious character as your excuse? John (or “Jack”) Worthing, a landowner in Hertfordshire of twenty nine years of age, presents himself as Ernest Worthing in front of his love interest, Gwendolen Fairfax, her mother Lady Bracknell, and … Continue reading The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde

Let’s Read Plays Reading Event: My List

Maybe you guys are sick and tired already of reading posts about me joining reading challenges and reading events in this blog. As I wrote in my previous post that for now I want to slow things down because I have a lot to do with my life besides reading and blogging, but I can’t deny that I still have a thirst to explore.   … Continue reading Let’s Read Plays Reading Event: My List

Pangeran Bahagia – Oscar Wilde

[Conclusion in English at the bottom of the post] Dongeng untuk segala usia. Buku tipis yang berisi lima cerita pendek karya Oscar Wilde ini sungguh sayang untuk dilewatkan dan menyenangkan untuk dibaca berulang-ulang. Lewat untaian kata-kata yang indah, cenderung tragis, dan penuh sindiran, Wilde berusaha mengajak pembaca untuk berhenti dan merenungkan apa artinya menjadi manusia seutuhnya. Bahwa manusia diciptakan satu paket dengan kemampuan untuk mencintai … Continue reading Pangeran Bahagia – Oscar Wilde