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    English 1C 30 May 2018 An Interpretation of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest allows the reader to question the value of morals and whether they are significant or not. His work may be argued to be “quite useless” to some‚ but may be impactful to others. In this sense‚ it may be both meaningful as a piece of art and entertainment. The “moral” of the play‚ if anything‚ suggests that one in fact can be rewarded by being less than earnest and presents itself at the end

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    The Importance of being Earnest Characters John “Jack” Worthing (Earnest): A responsible‚ respectable man leading a double life. In Hertfordshire he is jack and pretends to have a younger brother Earnest but in London he is earnest. He doesn’t feel at home in an aristocratic society. As a baby he was found in a handbag in a cloakroom of Victoria station by an old man who adopted him and made jack the guardian to his granddaughter Cecily cardew. He is in love with his friend Algernon’s Cousin Gwendolyn

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    Oscar Wilde adds a unique style to his play The Importance of Being Ernest by contrasting the play’s different settings. The setting of a play can be a fundamental element in developing the plot. The Importance of Being Ernest is set in the late 1800s in the bustling city of London. The background of the play contrasts the differences in the characters Jack and Algernon as well as further developing the plot line. The Importance of Being Ernest is developed within two contrasting places. The

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    Our concepts of class and wealth are usually coupled together—if a person is wealthy‚ we generally we generally view him/her as also being upper class‚ and vice-versa. This notion‚ however‚ is not present in The Importance of Being Earnest. In this play‚ wealth and class are rather different‚ yet they are so in ways that are not too surprising. If a character is wealthy‚ then they have a relatively large amount of money or land‚ whereas an upper class person simply acts a certain way. Algernon

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    result they are rarely given the attention they deserve. In Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” we see cleverly hidden details within the drama that‚ while serving significant roles‚ people may view as inhibitors to understanding the play. Cigarette cases and tea parties are two of the many details within the drama that contain background meanings; their most prominent purpose being to emphasize the importance of propriety within their era. However‚ they also play substitute roles in accentuating

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    Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest provides a satirical view of the Victorian era‚ primarily focusing on Victorian standards of marriage and social expectations. Wilde builds his critique of Victorian morality through his humor and wit between the character’s banter‚ the hypocritical Victorian view of honesty. Wilde view of Victorian society is illustrated through his wit and humor embedded in the characters’ dialogues. For example‚ Jack and Algernon live double lives as lowlifes

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    without truly realizing the purpose of the autobiography. Many times an autobiography is written to help those who are struggling with the same types of problems. This type of novel can help either directly‚ by speaking of similar obstacles that characters may have faced and successfully overcame‚ or indirectly‚ in which the obstacles may seem unrelated to the reader but the messages conveyed are similar. In the novel A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki‚ autobiographies help characters cope with their

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    "The Importance of Being Earnest" was written by the famous Irish author‚ Oscar Wilde. The play represents Wildes late Victorian view of the aristocracy‚ marriage‚ wit‚ and social life during the early 1900’s. His characters are typical Victorian snobs who are arrogant‚ overly proper‚ formal‚ and concerned with money. Wilde portrays the women on two separate levels‚ Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are young‚ sheltered‚ and without identity‚ while Lady Bracknell is the strong adult authority figure

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    Secrecy In The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde‚ secrecy holds a great significance in allowing Jack and Algernon to retain their double lives. These double lives are used by the two to achieve relationships with the women they desire. Early on‚ the character’s will to retain their double lives empowers the two to develop negative relationships with each other. Eventually however‚ Jack and Algernon realize that through telling the truth‚ true happiness can really be found. Early on in

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    Higgins‚ a professor of phonetics‚ ultimately enters into a bet in which he is assigned the task of teaching a poor‚ uneducated yet determined girl from the streets proper grammar‚ with the hope of transforming her into a duchess in a few months time. It’s clear from the beginning that Higgins‚ a man full of contradictions and no filter‚ is the protagonist. At first‚ Higgins is clearly opposed to the idea of teaching Eliza; this is evident through his blatant insults and sarcastic taunts. He makes

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