Essays on The Importance of Being Earnest

England in the late 19th Century was a time of great change in terms of women’s rights but also a time where society was ruled by strict social conventions governing how they interact with others. The introduction of the 1870 Women’s Property Act signposted a new dynamic in the relationship between man and wife; a...

Both A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde manipulate dramatic conventions in order to present differing genres to their respective audience. These stylistic choices work to build upon the playwright’s ideological intentions. A Streetcar Named Desire is a tragic play centred around the Disturbed Blanche DuBois...

Reading literature often gives readers a chance to make their explanation of the content of a story where the readers can take the words and their judgments to make their understanding of what is happening. Each reader interprets the story in an altered manner having their viewpoint of what the story shows a resemblance to,...

Through satire and wit, Oscar Wilde ridicules the English upper class by using two men, Algernon and Jack, who are both leading double lives. During this Victorian Age, Wilde plays ostentatiously with absurd situations and characters whose lack of insight causes them to respond to these situations in inappropriate ways (You use the word situation...

 In 1895, Oscar Wilde published his trivial play called “The Importance of Being Earnest”. The well-known play hints at Wilde’s hatred for the bourgeois by mocking them through food consumption. The play reveals this by showing multiple clips where food consumption is being used to expose the characters emotions such as aggression, selfishness, and greed...

The importance of being earnest is written by playwright and Irish poet Oscar wilde. Did you ever wonder if the way you turned out was affected and Influenced by your name? The Importance of Being Earnest explores the theme of identity and many perspectives of identity. Throughout the play, the subject of names and personalities...

The Importance of Being Earnest is often characterized as a parody of habits, meaning a parody that produces jokes concerning the qualities and characteristics of the rich. Oscar Wilde completely makes his rich characters look ludicrous and silly during the play. They appear vain, slim minded, and insensible as they endeavor to explore the complexities...

The author Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest in 1894. The story takes place around 1894 about the English upper class. It focuses on Algernon and Jack who lives two separate lives as they go under the name of Earnest to sport the women they are in love with and wish to marry....

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet and essayist who was remembered for his witty epigrams and his imprisonment and early death. During the peak of his fame, Wilde had an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and was imprisoned for 2 years. In the 19th century, people were “emotionally frigid about sexual matters”, however there...

Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a play that follows the lives of four Victorians that including Jack, Algernon, Cecily, and Gwendolen. The story is about Jack (known to his friend Algernon as Ernest) who lives a respectable life in the country providing an example to his young ward Cecily. Meanwhile, Algernon lives...