The Importance Of Being Earnest Essays

Although many of the early critics found Oscar Wilde’s final play strictly humorous, it clearly conveys social hypocrisies of the upper-classes of the period (late-Victorian). Wilde was being satirical and paradoxical in his play to show the hypocrisy and entertain the viewers in a play that is still being repeated till today. It is a […]

Compare and contrast the sisters, Elinor and Marianne, in Sense and Sensibility to Cecily and Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest. Be sure to consider the personalities of each woman as you analyze how the demands and requirements of courtship dominate her attention and her interactions with others. Elinor and Marianne Dashwood VS Cecily […]

The Importance of Being Ernest is one of the finest humorous plays to have premiered at the turn of twentieth century. Reviewers of the play, then and now, have universally classified as a ‘farce’ and a ‘social satire’. And this assessment is quite accurate. The focus of the play on street-smart humor was so pronounced […]

The Selfish Giant is a puppet production adapted from a short story by Oscar Wilde. It is about a giant who has been away from his castle and garden for 7 long years and during that time the children have come to enjoy his garden and its trees and flowers. As the story opens two […]

1. Cigarette case: The cigarette case introduced in Act 1 acts as a source for introducing the conflict. It leads the audience to discover John and Algernon’s double lives and introduces the notion of ‘Bunburying’ as named by Algernon. 2. Food: Food is used as a prop quite frequently throughout the play. In Act 1, […]

According to the Bible, “The love of money is the root of all evil. ” There is fine line between loving the money or character of a person. The root of all evil starts when one doesn’t notice the difference. Lady Bracknell, an antagonist in The Importance of being Earnest, is a powerful, pompous and […]

The desperate need to be moral within society contributes to the motivations, choices, and actions made by people everyday. It is society which defines what morality is and applies the necessary pressure to force individuals to conform. Often, failing under these societal pressures, individuals are forced to use deception to escape the oppressive nature of […]

I agree with the comment that The Importance of Being Earnest is definitely a comedy; There are many amusing quotes throughout the play but also the plot of the play is comical. The plot is a coincidental farcical which builds up to a preposterous climax. It uses irony to poke fun at everyday customs in […]

‘The Importance of being Earnest’ is a comical play. The characters and the plot are both comical, but the play may be best described as a social comedy, a comedy of manors. Wilde uses many comic devices to make the play funny but I think the main focus is on using irony in this particular […]

Oscar Wilde, a rich upper-class gentleman wrote the play ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’ to try and establish a number of different factors. The play does relate to modern life today, sharing its problems, humour and irony with everyone. It is a respected and studied piece of literature, with very serious morals. The play is […]

Published in 1899, “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde is a satirical interpretation of Victorian society. Brilliant, inventive and extremely hilarious “The Importance of Being Earnest” is Oscar Wilde’s most well known and the writer’s greatest achievements. Oscar Wilde expresses the features of Victorian people through each character in his play; therefore, the […]

Compare and Contrast the sisters, Elinor and Marianne, in sense and sensibility to Cecily and Gwendolyn in the Importance of Being Earnest. Be sure to consider the personalities of each woman as you analyze how the demand’s and requirements of courtship dominate her attention and her interactions with others. The Differences and Similarities Between Two […]

Report: Loss of Identity portrayed in a range of literature For my report I chose to look at the loss of Identity portrayed in a range of different literature. The texts that I chose to study were: ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ by Jean Rhys, ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ by Robert Louis […]

Deception- who, how, why? what happens as a result of the deception? Importance of being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) > Mr. John/Jack Worthing pretends to have a brother named Earnest that he has to go visit in the city. When he is in the city, he pretends to be his brother Earnest. Mr. Algernon Moncreif lives […]