In Oscar Wildes comedic play, The Importance of Being Earnest, the secrets kept and maintained by Jack Worthing, his friend Algernon Moncrieff and his abandoner Miss Prism completely influence the plot. In the play we are opened to multiple different types of characters. Many of these characters are put into situations which reveals to the audience the true meaning of the play. Often in a play, the characters success usually comes with some secret keeping from other characters. In The Importance of Being Earnest, we are able to recognize when Jack Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff and Miss Letitia Prism keep a secret and divulge it at the right moment. In the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, Miss Letitia Prism allows the readers to recognize
