Lady Bracknell (Marriage Counselor): Tell me of your marriage troubles Sir Ralph.
Ralph: “We were a mismatch” (255).
Lady Bracknell: Ah I see. I am sure you must have had a long engagement; it appears everyone is doing it these days, such indecency. “To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity finding out each other’s character before marriage” (48). I can assure you Sir, that your rather lengthy engagement brought the demise of your marriage.
Ralph: Yeah I guess that could have had something to do with it. I just feel that society pressures long engagements these days.
Lady Bracknell: “Never speak disrespectfully of Society, [Ralph]. Only people who can’t get into it do that” (47).
Ralph: Ya know what? I’m gonna get real weird with it, “I’ve decided to commit suicide by comet” (254).
Lady Bracknell: What kind of nonsense is this? A comet? Have you any self-respect?
Ralph: I guess not anymore now that I live in an abandoned shack in the desert. Goodbye Lady Bracknell.
Lady Bracknell: A comet? I have never heard of such a preposterous idea.
Jimmy, I really enjoyed this post. I like you idea of making Lady Bracknell a marriage counselor because her personality seems to fit well with that type of job. Also, it Ralph and Lady Bracknell have such different personalities, which add humor to your post.
ReplyDelete