Worthing

Furthermore, it is hard for these characters to set things straight once they’ve lied about them. As the situation gradually complicates, characters must lie even more to get out of the problems of their previous lies. Eventually, there comes a point when the lies get out of hand when both Cecily and Gwendolen think they’re both married to an Ernest Worthing. Even when the truth is revealed at this point, the characters don’t show genuine remorse or guilt about lying. Love exists in many forms: Jack and Gwendolen represent the typical nature of Victorian courtship, especially in the face of disapproving parents. Algernon and Cecily represent “love at first sight”. Dr. Chasuble and Ms. Prism represent hidden love. Respect and Reputation: Through Lady Bracknell’s character, the seriousness people took toward social class during the Victorian era is portrayed. Additionally, the upper classes cared so much about being respectable that they went as far as doing a lot of lying about it. Any deviations from the typical rules (in Jack’s case, being found in a handbag) may prevent a young person…

Oscar Wilde use Jack as a sort of alter ego for himself in the respect that he is an honorable and respectable man in the country, however when he goes to the city his morals fly out the window and he is a completely different person. Jack 's last name is Worthing which is closely related to worth or worthiness. This is an opportunity to show the manners or expectations of the Victorian period in a humorous and parodic way. Jack has gained the right to be respected by other because of is adopted…

Jack Worthing, A qualified young man remarked all over town. In the city he goes by the name Ernest while in the country he is known as Jack. His family history is a mystery, but his seriousness and honesty are clear. He proposes to the honorable lady Gwendolyn Fairfax and, through leading a double life, ultimately demonstrates his conformity to the Victorian ethical and social standards. Jack, same as other main characters in Wilde 's play, is a less realistic character and more of an…

The Alter Ego of Jack Worthing “The Importance of Being Earnest (also called A Trivial Comedy for Serious People)” is a play written by Oscar Wilde in the late 1890's. Although it is comedy, it is also a social satire and it has some serious themes hidden in its lines. The themes here address Victorian social issues. In in the late 19th century, in the Victorian society, the life was not very easy. People were divided in social classes and there was a strict code of morals which people from…

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…

Importance of being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, utilizes dialogue, diction and irony to illustrate the play’s protagonist, Jack Worthing, who in turn illuminates the script’s theme that behavior deemed appropriate by society may conflict with moral decency. The dialogue from the interrogation of Jack by Lady Bracknell, his love’s mother, reveals that he is a character of high class and puts up a front in order to make a good impression in the face of others, as after the meeting, he remarks that he…

complete impossibility!”(Act I). The film, The Importance of Being Earnest, is an enjoyable and comical interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s, The Importance of Being Earnest. This phenomenal film stars Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, and many more talented actors and actresses. In the film, Colin Firth play John Worthing, a responsible and respectable young man. Rupert Everett plays Algernon Moncrieff, a charming and distinct bachelor. John Worthing pretends to be his brother,…

Wilde mocks the aristocrats and their puritanical rules of social conduct, which to Wilde is totally hypocritical. During Lady Bracknell’s interrogation of Jack Worthing she asks “Do you smoke.” (1. 124), Mr. Worthing responds that he does. The audience would believe that Lady Bracknell would disapprove of this, instead Lady Bracknell is “glad to hear it.”, she believes that “A man should always have an occupation of some kind.” (1. 125). In these lines Wilde is critiquing two things: the…

In Oscar Wilde’s 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…

social climber and representative for the status quo, Lady Bracknell's character enforces social injustice and excludes those who do not fit into her “class”. Her daughter's unsuitable marriage is an excellent example of how she shows off her authority. “Lady Bracknell. Mr. Worthing! Rise, sir, from this semi-recumbent posture. It is most indecorous. Gwendolen. Mamma! I must beg you to retire. This is no place for you. Besides, Mr. Worthing has not quite finished yet. Lady Bracknell.…