... over Nature. Whilst they were written during the Victorian era, modern audiences can still relate to the texts, through the eternal themes that are portrayed. In The Importance of Being Earnest, John Worthing adopts the name Ernest to win beautiful Gwendolen's love. Unfortunately, Gwendolen's love for John stems from her infatuation for the name Ernest. Meanwhile, Algernon, ... , Gwendolen's mother and John's Aunt, brings further disorder, as she tries to save her daughter from marrying "Ernest". The Importance of Being Ernest was a watermark for its time, as it undermined the consensus...

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... classes and social conditions, Wilde chose to ridicule the life of the English aristocracy. This attitude can be clearly seen in his play The Importance of Being Earnest'. In this piece of work, some of the important themes discussed are that of marriage and respectability. Indeed, one can infer that Wilde uses satire when writing about the institution of marriage. Although the play does eventually end on a ... that marriage was not a symbolic emotion. It was a tool used to climb up the social ladder. Instead of coming from the heart, it was decided for the girl on the basis of social st...

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The Importance Of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde is the type of book, which is very comical. This book takes place in London, a country house I Hertfordshire, and England; the 1890's. The book is mainly about two men dealing with their alter ego's. Jack Worthing a gentleman of the Manor House, he has an ... the most dreadful scrapes. Thus, Jack has often been "called away" to the city to "rescue" irrepressible Ernest. This book is also the need of individuality, for Jack, Algernon, Gwendolen (Lady Bracknell's daughter), and Lady Augusta Bracknell (Algernon...

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• Grade Level: High School

... emerged. Although the wealthy class was revered and respected in society, one author, Oscar Wilde, chose to capture and satirize its life and ideals through his literary works, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Through his pieces, Wilde stresses that the only way to escape society's superficiality is to remain true to one's inner self and righteous morality. In both ... The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, British high society, representing superficiality, seduces common men. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, society, manifested in L...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... upper classes Oscar Wilde uses wit and sarcasm to create humour in his play "The Importance of Being Earnest", to satirise English upper classes. The characters of Cecily and Gwendolen play a significant role in this. As the two girls both determined to marry someone named Earnest, Cecily and Gwendolen provide a comical dispute, in which they exchange politely spoken witty insults. This light-hearted humour mocks ... severe contempt for one another, it is customary for the genteel to converse in this well-mannered way. This mocks the petty mannerisms and characteristics of the upper cl...

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