Lady Bracknell The Importance Of Being Earnest Society Essay

In the play, “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde he divines the Victorian society through all his characters. Marriage, religion and family values weighs heavily on the virtue that the people possess. The money factor is a big skeptic that contributes to the all the relationships that end in the this story. In this Act, Lady Bracknell’s monologue reacting to Cecily was very interesting, because Jack remains her guardian until she is the age of thirty-five. He often has the last say so with everything that Cecily does. Also Lady Bracknell said that Cecily need a more sophisticated hair style such as a French maid because of an event that occurred with her friend. Lady Bracknell mocked the Victorian society by the status that she holds and how she carries herself. At
The exaggeration that contributes to Algernon and Cecily’s engagement is the fact that Lady Bracknell thinks that she will get some of Cecily’s inheritance. At first she paid no attention to her but when money was mentioned she grew greedy. The humor is that Bracknell wants the money and insists that they marry immediately. Jack has to approve but when Cecily is told that she has no say so until she is thirty five, she ask Algernon can he wait he says he will but she mentions she cannot. This startles Bracknell and Jack gets a thought that could change everything, he says he will let Algernon and Cecily marry if he and Gwendolen can marry as well. At the beginning it seems that Bracknell wasn’t going to accept the offer but she thought thoroughly about the situation, and later agreed. Even though Jack found out about his family situation and that he and Algernon is brothers, they both married their lovers. The standards that my rankings are based on are sincerity, overall goodness, and sophisticated. From most to least earnest/moral I think this order is the