Oscar Wilde is a legendary author who has composed many great plays including The Green Carnation and A Woman of No Importance, however, The Importance of Being Earnest was undoubtedly the most famous of his works. First published in 1930, yet acknowledged since the late 1800s, The Importance of Being Earnest helped to revive the theater tradition of Congreve and Sheridan. The story is a comedic view of romance and the emphasis we place on seemingly trivial articles, such as a name. In this story, contrary to the typical saying, a rose by any other name would not smell as sweet. Our first scene begins with a confrontation, and the whole story is a man versus confusing women (better known as society) conflict from there on out. Jack Worthing drops by the home of Algernon Moncreiff on a friendly call after being in the country all weekend.
Algy is expecting company, his Aunt Augusta Bracknell and cousin Gwendolyn Fairfax. After announcing this to Jack, Jack states his intentions of proposal to Gwendolyn. The confrontation comes about when Algy produces a cigarette case belonging to his comrade, and is inscribed From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack. This invokes confusion because Algy has always known Jack to be a Mr. Ernest Worthing. At this, Jack explains that he is leading a double life as Jack Worthing in the country and Ernest Worthing in the city. In the country, Ernest Worthing is his fictional younger brother who is always getting into trouble, thus requiring him to make frequent trips to the city.
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This way, Ernest Worthing is also seen in town to further promote his existence and an excuse for departure. Jack proposes to Gwendolyn, who also knows him as Ernest, yet Lady Bracknell vocalizes a slight disconsent. For one thing, Ernest is an orphan who was found in a handbag at the cloakroom of a train station, while Gwendolyns parents have strong family values. However, Jack and Gwendolyn decide to go on with the wedding. Jack must depart for the country, so he politely excuses his egression. Once in the country, Jack is surprised by the arrival of Algernon, acting as Ernest Worthing. Sensing trouble, Jack does his best to induce the exit of his younger brother but it is to no avail.
Cecily, always wanting to marry a man by the name of Ernest, falls in love with Algernon immediately, and he proposes to her. To further complicate things, Gwendolyn arrives at the country home also, but before this is brought to the attention of Jack, she and Cecily have a brief meeting in the garden, which turns out to be the storys climax. During this encounter, both happen to mention that they are engaged to be married to Ernest Worthing. We must recall that to Gwendolyn, Ernest is actually Jack and to Cecily, Ernest is Algy. The girls are only bewildered and upset, so they decide to affront their fiancs. Upon this confrontation, it is revealed that neither Jack nor Algy are Ernest Worthing.
Instead of embracing this idea with relief that they are not in battle over the same man, the hopeful wives simply ask where the real Ernest Worthing is because they are both engaged to him, not anyone else. When it is announced that there is no Ernest Worthing, both girls rather haughtily disregard their men to pout over this horrible injustice. This leaves Algy and Jack feeling horribly dejected, so they sit for tea and discuss their possible options. It is decided that the only action that would bring about a resolution is if they are both christened as Ernest. At the occurrence of this declaration, Gwendolyn and Cecily are profoundly relieved and flattered that any man would go through such an ordeal to win their hands in marriage. During this whole encounter, Jack has acquired an understanding of Algy, which he is not too fond of.
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Since he is Cecilys legal guardian, with her future in mind, he refuses to give the consent that would allow her to marry Algernon. She is only eighteen and her fathers will declared that she would be of legal age to decide for herself at thirty-five. Although Algernon says he wouldnt mind waiting for a few years, Cecily remarks that she is ardently impatient and would not be able to postpone the marriage for that long. In this time of difficulty, Lady Bracknell enters the picture. She was in search of Gwendolyn, who had left home in supreme secrecy. She wishes to take her back, however, Gwendolyn repudiates the contrivance by saying she is staying with her dear Ernest and they are to be married, despite any objections that may be expressed. As if her daughters defiance wasnt trouble enough, she wishes greatly for her nephew to marry Cecily, and becomes quite distressed at the news of Jacks refusal to comply. Seeing an advantage to this quandary, Jack proposes that he would approve of Cecily and Algernon if Lady Bracknell would merely allow Gwendolyn and himself to be wed.
Our resolution appears to be blackmail. In the midst of Lady Bracknells response, Reverend Chasuble enters to perform the christenings and happens to mention the existence of Miss Prism, Cecilys governess, at the estate, which conjures a reaction from Lady Bracknell. She springs forth, reprimanding Miss Prism for an action carried out years ago. Twenty years prior to this incident, she had left the Bracknell estate with a male baby and a handbag with the purpose of running errands. It was also her duty to keep guard of the baby. She had never returned.
Lady Bracknell demanded to know the location of that baby, at which Miss Prism bowed her head in shame and replied that she did not know. All she could recall was that the baby was put into a handbag and left in the cloakroom of a London rail station, the Victoria, on the Brighton Line. After that, the child was lost. While this story is being told, Jack seems to grow anxious and he bolts upstairs, leaving the rest of the party puzzled while they hear trunks and suitcases being strewn about. Shortly thereafter, he emerges with a black handbag and presents it to Miss Prism, who identifies it as her own. He deduces that he was that baby and wraps his arms around Miss Prism exclaiming Mother! But Miss Prism only pushes him off, asserting that she had no children.
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Lady Bracknell explains that Jack is the eldest son of her sister, meaning he, is in fact, Algys older brother. Meanwhile, the Reverend is still waiting for the procession of the christenings and it is brought to Jacks attention that he was christened at birth, therefor must have a Christian name. That Christian name turns out to be none other than Ernest. The story concludes with an entire room of happiness and love and we find that our resolution was not blackmail after all (because, honestly, what kind of a demented resolution would that be?).
Algernon enfolds Cecily in a hug. Jack, or should I say Ernest, merrily holds his wife-to-be Gwendolyn. And, in a surprising revelation, Miss Prism and Reverend Chasuble are caught in an embrace.
So, this unpredictable tale comes to a close where it is safe to say that everyone lives happily ever after. Jack Worthing is the main character in The Importance of Being Earnest, as we can plainly see because out of all of the utterly deranged characters in this play, he seemed to be the most lucid. He had a real taste for deception, which became eminent throughout the story. Yet even with this uncanny lying disorder, he still seemed to be realistic. His fabrications were all for his greater good, which is not at all uncommon, especially in our present self-emulating society. Since this was a play, the prominent technique of characterization was dialogue. The play actually had little stage direction, so virtually the only was of conveying a characters intentions or ideas was via their words.
There was no way of seeing their thoughts or alternative motives unless they were evidently revealed through colloquy. Jack seemed to be a good guy. I thought he was both interesting and amusing. He had a perfect balance of concern for himself and others. For example, he wouldnt let Cecily marry Algernon because he didnt think it was best for her, but he eventually gave in because he cared about Algernon and also saw how it could be beneficial to himself. His compulsive lying was, in honesty, the only flaw I found with him.
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He was steadfast in his ways and there was no modification in his character, with the exception of his Christian name, throughout the entire story. Miss Prism is one of the plays minor characters, yet she is vital to the plot. If it werent for her, there would be no resolution to the tale. It is because of her that Jack discovers his origins and that his name is Ernest, which becomes the reason why Gwendol ….
