Learned something meaningful and interesting

I learned something very meaningful and interesting in Dr Edwin’s class that is the use of underline discourse, also known as implicature in a drama text. In my opinion, underline discourse is the internal meaning you are going to convey to somebody which actually on the surface of the sentence, it has a meaning that is totally different from the internal meaning. For instance, from the book we are using in class, “Now Read On”, two drama texts that are “A Night Out’ by Harold Pinter, Pg 107 and “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, Pg 167 shows the use of underline discourse.
In “A Night Out”, sentences such as “We are going to have our game of cards.” , “Put the bulb in Grandma’s room, Albert” and “But what about your dinner?” shows the underline discourse where Albert’s mother actually does not want him to go to “a sort of party” by asking many questions to delay his time. On the surface, Albert may not know what is his mother’s true intention but probably feels that she is being too long winded.
As for “The Importance of Being Earnest”, we can see the underline discourse by looking at the way the characters being addressed. The utterance such as “Dearest Gwendolen” and “My darling Cecily” seems very loving and intimate. However, in further down the text, Gwendolen address Cecily as “Detestable girl!”. It shows that what they address each other on the surface meaning does not match at all to the internal meaning. It shows that there is underline discourse used in this drama.
I find this element is interesting because it needs reader’s further interpretation by not just accept what is being said on the surface structure only. It helps us to think more and be tactful when reading the drama text or even watching it from the movie.