The Importance of Being Ernest Essay

In Oscar Wild’s written work, “The Importance of Being Ernest”, he employs humor through the use of flirty diction and satiric actions of certain characters. He does so in order to achieve his purpose of showing the lifestyle of the high class people during the Victorian era. Act 2, opening scene, Algernon and Cecily are saying their goodbyes. Algernon tries to have a few more moments with Cecily before he has to leave, he tries to show his true feelings, mentioning her, “..absolute perfection..…

does not typically prefer to date someone with the name John, rather than Dylan, for example. Usually, a person will say a name does not matter when it comes to loving someone. However, in The Importance of Being Earnest, one name is all that matters. Gwendolen only desires to marry a man with the name Ernest, and refuses to settle for anyone less. On the other hand, in Romeo and Juliet, the Capulet Juliet does not care…

question their norms, except there were people who did or wanted to break these norms. But afraid that they will get in trouble with society who was against the idea of changing traditional aspects of their lives. In Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest,” brings up the society were inequality…

The Importance of Being Earnest is an absurd tale that exposes the strangeness of high-society. More specifically, it zooms in on the plight between three sets of lovers. However, the relationship between Jack and Gwendolen arguably takes center stage as they struggle to keep their hopes of marriage intact despite the interference of Lady Bracknell. If Jack and Gwendolen are going to keep their love alive, they will require help from a most unlikely source. In The Importance of Being Earnest,…

piece. If a film has few changes made to it from its original text then it can be considered close to the original text, yet if there are many changes than it may just be based loosely on the original. Oliver Parker’s film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest is one which would be considered a loose interpretation of the original text due to its changes in the sequence of events, condensation of dialogue and exclusion of certain conversations in order to fit Parker’s vision and the…

In The Importance of Being Earnest, there is a distinct lack of connection between the social classes (Stokes). As previously discussed, this is the product of the social contempt that the upper classes held regarding the lower classes. Although this system of royalty and nobility has almost been completely dissipated altogether, the old form of social prejudice has not been annihilated, but rather it has taken a new, if not more dangerous, form. Because we live in a society where everyone is…

Oscar Wilde wrote comedy melodrama play “The Importance of Being Earnest” which is his perception of the rigid Victorian social norms and values. Also the word “Earnest” plays a significant role in the play. According to Brigitte Bastiat, Oscar Wilde uses his characters to express’s his deviance of the Victorian social norms, such as marriage, hereditary privileges, sexual roles and language (Basstiat). The main characters are Jack Worthy (Ernest), Algernon Moncrieff, Lady Augusta Bracknell,…

reactions to the thought of being earnest to spin a story of Victorian Era upper class practices to challenge the world he lived in. Through his play The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde uses the notion of being earnest to display the absurdity that is deeply rooted in upper class Victorian Era beliefs and the hypocrisy that is easily accepted, and because of how the characters react to being trivial Wilde is able to reveal the shocking morality that comes through being openly immoral. …

Comedy can be created with varying methods. In both Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the characters carry on with regular social engagements without knowledge; that is only available to the audience, relevant to the play. Both stories, effectively, use dramatic irony in a similar fashion to create humour. Through the conversations involving mistaken identity, foolish behaviour caused by the unfavourable situations, and dishonesty in love,…

or a relatable issue that we all deal with. They have to make certain artistic decisions to help enhance and support the statement that they are trying to make to their audience. In Oliver Parker’s cinematic adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, the integrating of diverse camera work, editing, staging and close following of the original text give the cinematic viewer a much closer understanding of Parker’s purpose of adapting the original play to be one that represents the…