... with that name. Wilde mocks the contemporary attitude that names actually exert some weight on the determination of one's character when letting Algernon assure Jack: "You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest looking person I ever saw in my life."3 The same ... comes up when thinking about Cecily, who in her fantasy has created a relationship with the unknown figure "Ernest" whom she only knew from Jack's depictions of his younger brother. She is so fixed on that image she has created that she even writes fictional letters in Ernest's name to ... decision of whom ...

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• Grade Level: High School