"Deeply Superficial" Writing Exercise

I thought it'd be fun to see what happens if you give the superficial characters of The Importance of Being Earnest depth. What would change if the characters felt something? Cared about something real? How would they think? How would they interact with one another? What would happen to the comedy? How would it change? Would it change?

You may want to begin by free writing. Think about these characters in the play. Remember the qualities we wrote down on the board today. Keep them in the back of your mind while you write. When you're done writing, go back and look at what you wrote. How'd it play out? Comment on the comedy. Or lack of.

Here are your choices again. Choose one of the following:

-Write a diary entry using either Gwen or Cecily's perspective.

-Write a dialogue between Algy and Lane or a dialogue between Jack and Merriman.

-Write a letter to Dr. Chasuble from Miss Prism/or a letter to Miss Prism from Dr. Chasuble.

-Jack's Ernest and Algy's Ernest meet in a chat room. Write a dialogue between the two.

Choose one. Go ahead and post it in your blog. I'll count the exercise as a reader response. Keep in mind, this isn't required. If you don't wish to do it, don't do it. Your choice.

If you decide to do the exercise, keep it PG-13. I know it may be tempting to get a little racy, especially between the letter writing of Chasuble and Prism, and possibly in the chat room between the two alter-egos. Keep it clean. PG-13 clean.

Have fun and have a good week/end.