Essays on The Importance of Being Earnest

Introduction Social satire is an important keyword of sociology, and it can represent some social meaning in the drama. Now, we have discussed dramas “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “Private Lives”, these dramas have something social satire meaning in their performance process and character’s dialogue…

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde uses humor, and the characters to personify stereotypes of the Victorian era, as well as to highlight the absurd social norms. For example, in Victorian society, the parents often arranged the marriage of their child and approval…

This play is distinctively known for its comedic elements. One of the main elements that compose this text is the comedy of manners. This is basically deriding the upper-class society which could be interpreted as a mockery of the way heterosexual people have vailfied homosexuals…

Analysis The Importance of Being Earnest Honesty is an important trait; the importance of being honest is demonstrated various times throughout The Importance of Being Earnest. With this trait being something that people of differing cultures can understand as a universal truth, comprehending the meaning…

In this extract from The Importance of Being Earnest, Cecily and Gwendolen realise that they both think they are engaged to Mr Ernest Worthing. They then become embroiled in an argument as to who has the greater claim to being Ernest’s fiancée. There is a…

Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest explores contradictions through silly characters, ridiculous plotlines, and overall hilarity. The quality of earnestness, a bridge between truth and exposure of truth, is expressed in a character known as “Bunbury,” Algernon’s alter ego through which he participates in…

The Hypocrisy of the Upper Class in Victorian Society A major theme in The Importance of Being Earnest is the hypocritical tendencies displayed throughout Upper-Class Victorian Society. Wilde’s witty writing style is used to expose these tendencies through his use of epigrams and paradoxical situations….