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Question | Answer |
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Was opened in? | 1895 |
"Importance of Being Ernest" is what type of play? | Comedy |
Protagonist? | Jack Worthing. Discovered in basket by baby. |
Secondary Hero? | Algernon Moncrieff |
Theme? | Marriage. The constraints of Morality. |
Who wrote "The Importance of Being Ernest"? | Oscar Wilde |
Hypocrisy vs. Inventiveness = | THEME |
Symbol: Double Life | Bunburying etc... |
“Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury. A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.” | Algernon |
“Oh! I am not really wicked at all, cousin Cecily. You mustn’t think that I am wicked.” | Algernon |
“If you are not, then you have certainly been deceiving us all in a very inexcusable manner. I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.” | Cecily |
Lady Bracknell: “My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of triviality.” ______? “On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.” | Jack |
Type of Work? | Comedy: Play |
Time and Place written? | Summer 1894 in Worthing, England |
Date of first production? | February 14, 1895. In part because of Wilde’s disgrace, the play was not published until 1899 |
Tone? | Light, scintillating, effervescent, deceptively flippant |
Major Conflict? | Gwendolen doesn't know jack's real name |
Themes? | The nature of marriage; the constraints of morality; hypocrisy vs. inventiveness; the importance of not being “earnest” |