Being Earnest

Characters Pretending to be Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest is a play written by Oscar Wilde. The setting of the play is during the Victorian age in England. There are many characters in the play that look as if they are displaying earnestness but, three of them stand out from other characters. Algernon Moncrieff, Gwendolen Fairfax, and Cecily Cardew are the characters that on the outside exemplify sincerity and an earnest attitude, but on the inside are lying the whole time. Telling the truth helps one to understand what a person means and or wants, that is why it is important to be earnest.
Algernon Moncrieff displays his earnest attitude early in the play by inviting his Aunt Augusta Bracknell over to his house. Algernon politely