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The Importance Of Being Ernest Character Analysis
To be “in the ruins of new beginnings” is to be at the start of something new. To be in ruins means to have something completely destroyed. When you start with something new you build character onto that thing. For example in the movie “The Importance of Being Earnest” there is a guy named John Worthing. When he was first born he was in ruins because he was abandoned by his mother in a bag.
Although he had a bad start, he had character development. He became a better person as time went by and gained many skills such as better knowledge. As time progresses one learns from their mistakes and builds up to something bigger and better. New beginnings don’t always happen at birth though because new beginnings can happen throughout life again. John
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Not only were the brothers earnest about their names, but they were earnest at trying to get the girls that interested them. Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax were their love interests and they did their best to get them. Even when Lady Augusta Bracknell said that John Worthing couldn’t have her daughter, John Worthing persisted and even got kicked out of her presence. As you can see, both Alge and John are very earnest.
Even in the end of the movie they look through the history of their names in the book and John acts like his name is still Ernest. Lady Augusta Bracknell finds out and realizes she has been fooled. Even after she reveals to him that she knows he tricked her, he still wants to be known as Ernest. As you can see it is important to best earnest because it shows others that you will never give up. If you give up, it will look bad on your part and in some cases make you look like a rotten liar.
When both brothers changed their names it was a ruin of a new beginning because the beginning wasn’t easy. The beginning shattered their reputation, but as they persisted they improved their reputation and developed their character into something

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