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?

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

In this passage from "The Importance of Being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde, the excerpt that contains a paradox and a pun is option D. "whose origin was a Terminus". A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself. The paradox is between the origin of one person and Terminus, which is the final station of a bus. So the origin being the terminus is a paradox and a pun.

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shristiparmar1221 shristiparmar1221 · Answer 2 · 2022-02-25T12:48:22+01:00

The excerpt from the passage that contains a paradox and a pun, “whose origin was a Terminus". Here the origin being the terminus is the paradox and a pun in the excerpt.

What is a paradox?

A paradox is a logically self contradictory statement which later when searched with evidence comes out to be true.

In the passage which is taken from, "The Importance of Being Earnest", the paradox is the origin being a terminus, which also has a pun here.

Therefore, option, D, “whose origin was a Terminus", is correct.

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