Worthing

The play’s protagonist is, Jack Worthing. Jack is a respectable man with good intentions but goes about doing them wrong. He creates a brother named Ernest, who he uses to live another life. Ernest allows him to escape reality and act as someone completely different. His determination to marry Gwendolen, and the fights with Algernon Moncrieff and Lady Bracknell’s just to receive her approval, shows how he was chosen as the protagonist. “Earnest” is defined by the characters as someone who is…

The main character in Tootsie, Michael Dorsey goes into disguise as Dorothy a woman. Whereas in The Importance of Being Earnest the main character is John Worthing, John goes into disguise as Earnest Worthing. Even though they are similar because they pretend to be something they are not, they both do this for different reasons. Michael in Tootsie is disguised as a woman to get a job. He eventually learns that women are not respected…

lower class than her. Her rejection to Jack’s proposal to her daughter because of his unknown family and not having a great wealth shows that the social class is still important in the story. 2. MAIN CHARACTERS a. Major Characters  John Worthing : John Worthing also called as Jack is the same person as…

Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde describes the satire of Victorian attitudes about marriage. Lady Bracknell, a foremost symbol of Victorian society, wants to marry her daughter Gwendolen to a good family with a respectable and noble pedigree. Jack Worthing, the protagonist, wants to marry Gwendolen, the love of his life. The Cross- examination of Jack by Lady Bracknell depicts some of the foibles and hypocrisies of late Victorian society, in which the relationships were not based on love…

Oscar Wilde, or as his full name, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in 1854 in Dublin. He published his first book in 1881 which was a volume of poems. After moving to Chelsea, England, he wrote for several newspapers and he also edited ’The Woman’s World’ magazine. He had published some smaller works, until he wrote ’The Picture of Dorian Gray” which appeared in Lippincott’s Magazine in 1890. He later added more chapters to his work and ’The Portrait of Dorian Gray’ was published as…

“I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would-be hypocrisy.” (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest) Jamie Lessells Life in the 21st century has moved on from past events and stereotypes, and celebrities have never been more in the spotlight. Despite all this change, some ideas, attitudes and values constructed in The Importance of Being Earnest are still relevant in society today. Themes such as marriage and living double…

Oscar Wilde, the author of The Importance of Being Ernest, presents different symbols about being earnest. Wilde wants to get across the true point of being earnest. Many people perceive the meaning of being earnest in many different ways. Wilde uses a different method of death, birth, and marriage to embark on a whole new meaning of being earnest in his play The Importance of Being Earnest. Wilde uses death as one of his many symbols throughout his play The Importance of Being Earnest.…

When she talks to Algernon, whom she knows as Earnest Worthing, Cecily excitedly revealed: “You see, it [her diary] is simply a very young girl's record of her own thoughts and impressions, and consequently meant for publication. When it appears in volume form I hope you will order a copy. But pray, Ernest,…

Student name Professor Course Date The Importance of Being Earnest: Honesty vs. Lies “The Importance of Being Ernest” by Oscar Wilde was first played in 1895 at the St James’s Theatre in London. The major theme that the play revolves around is trivial notions that critical institutions like marriages are being shown. In other words, it was a satire of the Victorian ways. The play is a farcical comedy, and the protagonists of the play employ made-up personalities to escape their lives. The lies…

name Ernest. The reason that they want to be christened had nothing to do with God or their faith, rather it was about actually having the name that both of their fiancés thought that they had: Ernest Worthing. This discrepancy came about because both men professed to have the name, Ernest Worthing, to the woman he loved for the entire length of his relationship with her. So we can clearly see that the characters of the show acknowledge a faith in God, though they do not speak much about it. The…