bridget jones

Wilde studied the classics at Trinity College, Dublin, with distinction (from 1871 to 1874), and at the Magdalen College in Oxford, (1874-1878).He wrote “The importance of being Earnest” in 1985.

“The importance of being Earnest” can be regraded as a comedy although it has more serious and dramatics themes.

In the play nine actors take part:

John "Jack" Worthing: Jack is the play's protagonist; he is the most sympathetic, plausible character, whose love for Gwendolen is far more believable than the other desires we witness. He was found in a handbag on a railway line, and as such feels less at home in aristocratic society than does Algernon. He lives in the country but has invented a wicked brother named "Ernest" whose scrapes require Jack's attendance in the city.

Algernon Moncrieff: Algernon, the foil to Jack, is the epitome of hedonism, a wit who scores the best of Wilde's biting lines and who cannot resist indulging in all life's luxuries. He has created a friend named Bunbury whose status as a permanent invalid allows Algernon to leave the ci

Chasuble enters and announces that the christenings are ready. Lady Bracknell refuses to allow Algernon to be baptized, and Jack tells Chasuble that the christenings will not be necessary any more. Chasuble says he will leave, and mentions that Miss Prism is waiting for him. Miss Prism enters and, upon seeing Lady Bracknell, goes pale. Lady Bracknell accuses her of kidnapping a baby boy from her house 28 years ago. Under Jack's questioning, Miss Prism reveals she accidentally left the baby in a handbag on the Brighton railway line. Jack leaves excitedly.

I would like to say that all women in this play have a string character. They're confident, demanding and proud of themselves. In act one, we can see that Lady Bracknell and her daughter control almost every situation, including Jack's proposal. Continually, we see Cecily's control over Algy. The whole matter goes as if Cecily is standing high and looking down upon Algy. For instance, she scolds Algy why he looks so healthy; she asks him critically if he's good enough for this world, and she even made an engagement with Algy without telling him. All things about Algy are in Cecily's hand; she controls them with her own will. This is an irony to the age in which Oscar Wilde lived, women in that time were often "attached" by men and impossible to be individual.

Jack introduces Cecily to Lady Bracknell, and Algernon says that he is engaged to her. Only when Lady Bracknell discovers Cecily has a large personal fortune, she gives consent for their marriage. Jack, however, says that as his ward, Cecily may not marry without his consent until age 35, and he declines to give it. He says that he suspects Algernon of being untruthful. He recounts this afternoon's events, in which Algernon impersonated Jack's brother. Jack tells Lady Bracknell that if she consents him marry Gwendolen, he will consent Cecily to marry Algernon. Lady Bracknell refuses and tells Gwendolen to get ready for the train.

ty whenever he pleases. He believes this activity, "Bunburying," is necessary, especially if one is going to get married‹something he vows never to do.

Jack and Algernon were all hypocritical. Compared with Jack, Algernon was more cynical and playful. Although they are named "Ernest", they are not earnest at all.

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