Nature Of The Importance Of Being Earnest Act 3 Essay
Act Three
Nature of a play- If Oscar Wilde’s piece was a novel it would be more detailed, and readers would probably have more of a backstory on the characters, and connect with them more. With an actual backstory, readers probably would have known more about Miss Prism’s previous situation involving Jack. In the beginning of the act readers know how Cecily and Gwendolen just found out that Algernon and Jack lied to them, but readers don’t how betrayed they really feel. With The Importance of Being Earnest being only a play, readers only see the characters as they are now without seeing much depth in them. As a play there would be much more suspense, and audience members would feel the dramatic and comedic nature of the play more if they watched …show more content…
Immediately after Gwendolen said that she started questioning Jack, which is an example of verbal irony. When Lady Bracknell entered and asked Algernon if Jack’s country estate is where his friend Bunbury lived, he told her that Bunbury died. The irony in Algernon’s situation is that Bunbury doesn’t even exist. Lady Bracknell is an ironic character, because she values money and status although she married into fortune. Towards the end of the act, a few occasions of situational irony occurs throughout the end of the plot. One example was when readers found out that Jack is actually Algernon’s brother, but was lost when Miss Prism put him in her handbag instead of the three-volume manuscript she wrote. The fact that readers most like didn’t expect to find out that the handbag Jack was found in was Miss Prism’s could be considered situational irony. Another example was when Jack was trying to find out his Christian name and it ended up actually being Ernest John. When he learned about his true origin it turned out he didn’t really lie, and it allowed him to finally be engaged to
Nature of a play- If Oscar Wilde’s piece was a novel it would be more detailed, and readers would probably have more of a backstory on the characters, and connect with them more. With an actual backstory, readers probably would have known more about Miss Prism’s previous situation involving Jack. In the beginning of the act readers know how Cecily and Gwendolen just found out that Algernon and Jack lied to them, but readers don’t how betrayed they really feel. With The Importance of Being Earnest being only a play, readers only see the characters as they are now without seeing much depth in them. As a play there would be much more suspense, and audience members would feel the dramatic and comedic nature of the play more if they watched …show more content…
Immediately after Gwendolen said that she started questioning Jack, which is an example of verbal irony. When Lady Bracknell entered and asked Algernon if Jack’s country estate is where his friend Bunbury lived, he told her that Bunbury died. The irony in Algernon’s situation is that Bunbury doesn’t even exist. Lady Bracknell is an ironic character, because she values money and status although she married into fortune. Towards the end of the act, a few occasions of situational irony occurs throughout the end of the plot. One example was when readers found out that Jack is actually Algernon’s brother, but was lost when Miss Prism put him in her handbag instead of the three-volume manuscript she wrote. The fact that readers most like didn’t expect to find out that the handbag Jack was found in was Miss Prism’s could be considered situational irony. Another example was when Jack was trying to find out his Christian name and it ended up actually being Ernest John. When he learned about his true origin it turned out he didn’t really lie, and it allowed him to finally be engaged to