The Importance of Being Ernest Essay

The Importance of Being Earnest, the differentiation between the town and the country is a great, lurking source of conflict between characters, often in regards to the class-distinction characteristic of Victorian society. Location proves to be a serious contention of Lady Bracknell’s as she considers Jack’s engagement to Gwendolen, assumptions about the city and country exacerbate the rift in Gwendolen and Cecily’s friendship, and the obligations of both places cause the creation of Ernest…

Rosalind and Celia disguising as Ganymede and Aliena, is an example of actors playing the role of a character of the opposite sex In the time of the play, women were considered passive, silent, and helpless. Rosalind’s disguise as Ganymede gives her the opportunity to explore her identity because it allows her to behave in the way that isn’t socially acceptable for women (ex. Watching the wrestling match; 1.2.131-137) Rosalind’s disguise as a man carrying weapons overpowers the “woman fear”…

In the comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, one of the main topics presented in the play is marriage and more specifically, whether it is pleasure or business. The five main characters in the play: Jack Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff, Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen Fairfax, and Cecily Cardew each have contrasting views and define love differently. The older generation’s outlook on marriage being mainly about an arrangement and social duty and the younger generations caring more…

reveal itself somehow. Oscar Wilde portrays the previous statement repeatedly in his plays, especially in his final play, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. In Earnest, Wilde formulates the play…

The first issue satirized is Gwendolen and Cecily’s refusal to marry a man whose name was not Ernest. The second is a summarization of the people around them who are overtly concerned with their attempted engagements. Gwendolyn and Cecily both claim to love their fiancees passionately, and say their love for them will never end. Shortly after, however, they also say that they could only marry an Ernest- for as passionate as their love supposedly is, it cannot cross the boundary of a different…

Yum-Yum is a woman and too young to say anything about her engagement, the law reinforces the love triangle, as she is legally linked to Ko-Ko. As a result, the triangle does not help create positive relationships, but instead, it prevents them from being a happy couple. The play also shows that the love triangle is not a permanent structure, but a temporary one. One side of the triangle always comes out more successful than the other, as Ko-Ko tells Nanki-Poo after agreeing to his request,…

In the comical play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, the author conveys a theme of the nonexistence of true love. Throughout his play, he uses two couples to illustrate his satire on his view of love by showing that they “love” each other dearly, to the point that they are engaged. One thing as small as a name is able to break these relationships. Both of the men in this illustration are incognito under the identity of “Earnest”. Both of the women see their name as a deal breaker…

This is ironic because Jack was intentionally lying the entire time in order to pursue a double life; however, it is a coincidence that his real identity abides by the name of Ernest. Jack’s lying ending up being the best scenario for him, because on a technical level he was not lying, but merely and blindly speaking the truth. Despite this, Wilde illustrates that lying is never a resolution in realistic matters; however, that is also ironic…

Authenticity, or lack thereof, and artificiality are a big part of the play The Importance of being Earnest. Jack and Algernon, two of the main protagonists who are very present throughout this play, showcase examples of how artificiality is presented in Victorian society and how it is widely expected and accepted. Both Algernon and Jack create alternate personas for themselves which ultimately results in a few undesirable situations, but also aids them through their everyday lives. While this…

features of the argument on supporting the death penalty developed by Ernest Van Den Haag first focuses on matters of mal-distribution and determining if an individual really deserves it, second the miscarriages of justice, third if the death penalty is a better deterrence than other punishments, fourth the incidental issues that the death penalty promotes, and fifth justice, excess, and degradation. The first argument that Ernest Van Den Haag argues is on the matter of mal-distribution, and…