Earnest

Authenticity and Artificiality in The Importance of Being Earnest Artificiality and authenticity have a strong impact on many of the characters in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. For example, Jack presents Algernon with an artificial version of himself and the discovery of this falsity is what propels the plot forward. He also presents the same false persona to his fiancée and his soon to be mother-in-law. When the world of his artificial self collides with the world

Being “earnest” is impossible in Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest. Earnestness is more often equated with sincerity. Sincerity or earnestness is not only displayed in the title but it is the main theme of Wilde’s work and using satire, the playwright shows the hypocrisy of the morally upstanding, and the inability of the upper and middle class of Victorian England to be earnest. When one thinks of the Victorian English period, the word prudish might come to mind. According to

The Importance doesn’t Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a satire, comedy play of the Victorian Age. The Importance of Being Earnest follows two main characters, Earnest and Algernon, who live double lives. During his play Wilde makes fun of some of the standards and the way of life during that time. One of the common traits of the time was deception. Wilde’s play has a common occurrence of deception through the play’s plot line, trivial lies, and a character’s point of view on deception. Wilde’s

Not Being Earnest in The Importance of Being Earnest  While some critics contend that The Importance of Being Earnest is completely fanciful and has no relation to the real world, others maintain that Oscar Wilde's "trivial comedy for serious people" does make significant comments about social class and the institution of marriage.  These observations include the prevalent utilization of deceit in everyday affairs.  Indeed the characters and plot of the play appear to be

Oscar Wilde, the writer of The Importance of Being Earnest, celebrated the Victorian Era society while criticizing it in his play. Through his play, he utilized the humorous literary techniques of pun, irony, and satire to comment on the impact of Victorian Era society left on the characters themselves. These comedic literary devices also help to show how the members of this society in the Victorian Era live by a set of unspoken rules that determine politeness, as well as proper etiquette to live

The Importance of being Earnest. After reviewing the play and the movie, I determined that the Importance of Being Earnest is a combination all three elements. The play satirizing the society at the time, but also have elements of a farce and comedy of manners. All in all, the movie held true to novel and represented all these concepts. The satirizing occurs around the education system and upper class people of the day. The farce elements are seen throughout the play. A farce is defined as: “A

‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ is a comedic play written by Oscar Wilde. It was set and written during the Victorian Era, and is a parody of the Victorian culture. In the play, there are many different contrasting characters, including the main character Jack, and Algernon, who we find is his brother later in the play. Algernon is a very unserious person, who is also quite irresponsible, and just wants things in life to be fun. We see this a few times throughout the play. For example, when there

The Importance of Being Earnest The title of the book I read for my summer reading is called The Importance of Being Earnest which is a drama book written by Oscar Wilde. It was set in London in the year of 1895. A constant theme throughout this book was marriage beginning with Lane and Algernon discussion. Everyone has different ideas of what marriage is, Lane believes it is a pleasant state, Algernon and Jack discuss if it's for business or pleasure. Lady Bracknell believes that it should be a

The core of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest lies within the play-long pun that is conveniently introduced in the very title of it. The most important twist in the entire book is not only is no one being earnest, but no one in the book is actually named Ernest! It follows two characters, the protagonist and his foil, and primarily focuses on their opinions on the world that they live in. The two characters whom bunbury their way through town/the country in order to escape the responsibilities

Importance of Being Earnest, written by Oscar Wilde there are three major elements, which help form the main idea of being earnest. The main character, Jack, originally lives in the countryside, but chooses to go to the city to live a double life. Throughout the story, Jack struggles to be honest with the girl he loves and wants to marry. Jack is afraid the woman will not love him if she knows his real name is not Earnest, but is actually Jack. From the drama, the main idea of being earnest is clear when