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Which line from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest is a paradox? “It is awfully hard work doing nothing.” “I have something very particular to say to Mr. Worthing.” “You are not quite old enough to do that.” “It may be necessary to do something desperate.”

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Answer:

A) “It is awfully hard work doing nothing.”

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The line from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest which is a paradox is:

  • A) “It is awfully hard work doing nothing.”

What is a Paradox?

This refers to the figure of speech which makes use of contradictory statements which initially appear untrue but on closer observation, some elements of truth can be found.

With this in mind and from the complete text, we can see that the author makes use of paradox to state that it is awfully hard doing nothing which contains elements of truth.

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