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Act I
-Algernon Moncrieff’s home
Act II
-The Garden at Jacks country home
Act III
-The Drawing room in Jacks country home
"When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses people" (Wilde 29).
"I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal" (30).
The title of this play is "The Importance of Being Earnest." Earnest is a term meaning to show sincerity or seriousness.
The title is ironic because Jack and Algernon both pose as men named Earnest because the women they love will only marry someone with that name. Once Jack discovers who is birth parents are he learns that is given name actually was Earnest.
"I keep a diary in order to enter the wonderful secrets of my life. If I didn't write them down, I should probably forget all about them" (57).
"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone" (45).
"I do not think that even I could produce any effect on a character that according to his own brother's admission is irretrievably weak and vacillating" (57).
"For me you have always had an irresistible fascination. Even before I met you I was far from indifferent to you" (41).
“The Importance of Being Earnest does not tackle problems of moral conduct in the way that most plays do. In it, Wilde expresses a comic vision of the human condition by deliberately distorting actuality and having most of the characters behave as if that vision were all but universal.”
"A classic must be guarded jealously. Nothing should be added to, or detracted from, a classic."
"The status of the nineteenth century's educated women remained grim, however, with few occupational outlets other than teaching. Miss Prism, Cecily's governess, combines two common female occupations."