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Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest.

Lady Bracknell. . . . I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London? I merely desire information. Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a Terminus.

Which excerpt from the passage contains a paradox and a pun?

“my part would not be out of place.”
“larger railway stations in London.”
“I merely desire information.”
“whose origin was a Terminus.”

This is the phrase that works both as a paradox and as a pun. The paradox lies in the fact that the word "terminus" means "end." Therefore, it is a paradox to say that the origin was the end. Moreover, the phrase works as a pun because the word Terminus is being used as a name, but also as a way to reference a "terminal" (a train terminal).

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-03-02T12:34:51+01:00

The excerpt from the passage which contains a paradox and a pun is “whose origin was a Terminus.”

What is a Paradox?

This refer to the figure of speech which makes use of contradictory statements in order to show that they actually makes sense if looked at more critically.

With this in mind, we know that a pun is a play on words which usually has double meanings and this shows the combination of pun and paradox is the use of the word terminus which shows the end of something and also means a train terminal