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The huge issue that ‘The importance of being earnest’ raises is whether marriage was based on love or whether it was to just used to achieve a higher social status. Wilde portrays the different views on marriage through the characters of the play. Whilst Algernon is rather negative about marriage and doesn’t see it as anything more than a business deal, the character Gwendolyn seems to respect the values of marriage. Wilde keeps on ridiculing the social traditions and disposition of the noble class

of victorian society that are represented by Gwendolen and Cecily. Gwendolen and Cecily are both fixated on the name Ernest because the superficial society surrounding them unconsciously causes them to gravitate towards men that they believe have earnest dispositions. Gwendolen asserts her fondness of the name Ernest declaring, “my ideal has always been to love some one of the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence” (Wilde 980). Cecily also admires the name

Over the weekend I saw the play, The Importance of Being Earnest. As I first walked into the Black Box Theater in Kendall Hall, the yellow lights were dimmed and there was Opera music playing. The stage was set up as a small living room with purple walls, tan doors, old-fashioned furniture, and a big white couch with an orange blanket hanging over it. Even though it was a small theater, the way the living room was set up made it look bigger, and the settings went very well with the play. The next

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, premiered in London in 1895 when Wilde was in the peak of his career. During this time of the Victorian Era, society was very moral and chaste, at least on the surface. There was a very specific code of behavior that governed almost everything, but focused mainly on the topic of marriage. This affected Wilde first-hand as he was married to a woman but also involved with men which was forbidden at the time. Using the themes of dualism and marriage, Wilde

On the eleventh of November, I was able to take in a performance of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People, it was performed in an amphitheater from within Corning Community College. Additionally, it was presented by the aforementioned college, and the Muse of Fire Theatre group. While initially off putting, the overall experience was generally an enjoyable one. When viewing the stage the audience can obviously tell that, while seemingly simplistic

Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is said to be a funny act play where the rich people in the Victorian society can read and laugh because of how much they can relate to it. The play is based on two males who live two different personal life’s with two different names. In which both males use the same male name which is name Earnest. However both males’ real names are Jack and Algernon and both have a secret from everyone else. Jack wants to marry Gwendolen, however Gwendolen mother

Jack is a leading character in Oscar Wilde’s play, “Importance of Being Earnest”, is used as a representation for a set of ideas/attitudes of the upper class. Jack also gives the author, Wilde, the chance to show the Victorian lifestyle. As a member of the upper-class Victorian, Jack has earned respectability only because of his adopted father's fortune.It has put him in a position to know the rules of behavior of polite society. When Lady Bracknell questions his qualifications for marrying her daughter

The Importance of Being Earnest is regarded as Oscar Wilde’s most famous and long-lasting play. Reasons for this is because Wilde manipulates social drama, slapstick humour and melodrama through the different comedy styles. This essay critically explores the differences between the comedy styles such as farce, satire and the absurd that are present in Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest. Another issue that Wilde brings up is the portrayal of rich people during the Victorian era. Wilde suggests

Both The Importance of Being Earnest, a comedy play written before 1900, and The Middle, a contemporary comedy about a weird family which attempts to get together despite incredible differences and challenges, use comedic techniques to get the reader or viewer more interested. These strategies work in that one is more likely to continue viewing or reading while laughing and relating to the information as well. In The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde takes the reader on very wild ride through

Meghan DuPree English 2322 Bardenhagen Research Paper The Importance of Being Earnest In the play, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, there is a lot of humor that can be found. Specifically, developed behind the characters in this play that display many instances of irony and how important it was to fit into the “status quo” of this time period. There are specific behaviors from the characters of Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen, and Algernon that portray Wilde’s opinion of society during