Act II of TNTSIJ

• I know this is a terrible answer, but I've always had trouble with the word "ironic". It's always been hard for me to define, and therefore I couldn't pinpoint any specific ironic conversations in the play, although if I could understand the word more I could probably find many ironic conversations.
• Of course, the main character would be Henry Thoreau. I'd cast this as Nicholas Cage - they both can yell things like they're meaningful, they both can have a wild, weird look about them and they look a lot alike. The second most important character would probably be Waldo Emerson. After looking at images of him on Google, I'd have to say that I would give it to Jim Carrey. He wants a more serious role, or at least from what I've heard, and he looks like Mr. Emerson. After thinking for a little bit, I'd have to say John Thoreau, even though he died mid-story, is the third most important character in the story. I couldn't any legitimate looking photos on him, but I guess I'd cast the role to Ben Stiller. He looks like he could be brothers with Nicholas Cage and he is used to some serious roles. The only problem is Nicholas Cage looks older and I'm sure he's taller than Ben Stiller.
• No - Aunt Louisa had to pay the taxes and Henry actually sort of gave in at the end. He decided to go back to the society because it was the only way to live for him, and this was, in a way, giving up his protest.