Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. jack. i have lost both my parents. lady bracknell. to lose one parent, mr. worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. what effect does the pun have on this scene?
a.)it makes the scene more humorous.
b.)it makes the scene more serious.
c.)it makes the scene confusing.
d.)it makes the scene boring.

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A) It makes the scene more humorous.

Explanation: The pun in this excerpt involves the word "lose" and its double meaning of "having a person in one's life die" and "misplacing something." Jack means that his parents have both died, and Lady Bracknell responds as if Jack had indeed misplaced his father and mother out of carelessness. This contrast between something solemn and something ordinary is typical of humor.

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in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".