Question

Which statement best explains the paradox in this line? No one would agree that doing nothing is hard work, so the statement is clearly meant as a joke. Algernon thinks that doing nothing is hard work, but he does not actually know what hard work is like. Doing nothing seems like it should be quite easy, but sometimes it really can be difficult to do nothing.

Answer 1

Answer:

c.) Doing nothing seems like it should be quite easy, but sometimes it really can be difficult to do nothing.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The Importance of Being Earnest is a trivial comedy play directed and written by Oscar Wilde.  It revolves around the lifestyles of the English upper class, class, marriages and social expectations.

Doing nothing seems like it should be quite easy, but sometimes it really can be difficult to do nothing explains the paradox.

What is a paradox?

• The paradox is a literary device that contradicts to indicate a more in-depth definition behind a disclaimer.  It is contradictory or opposed to ordinary meaning and ultimately is possibly accurate.

• In the lines being unrestricted can be seen as hard work but it is quite hard to never work as humans are assumed to function and perform certain tasks by nature.

Therefore, option C is correct.

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