The Importance of Being Ernest

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  • The Importance of Being Ernest
    • By Oscar Wilde
      • Born 1854-1900 Died
      • An Irish playwright, novelist and poet.
    • First performed on the 14th February 1895 at the St James's Theatre, London.
    • It is a farcical comedy
      • Farcical
        • Adjective
          • Synonyms: ridiculous, preposterous, ludacrous
    • Gwendolyn Fairfax
      • Gwendolyn suggests the qualities of a conventional Victorian woman. She has ideas and ideals, attends lectures and is concerned with self improvement. She is also artificial and pretentious.
      • Gwendolyn is in love with Jack, whom she knows as Earnest, and is fixated on the name. Gwendolyn is so caught up in finding a husband names Ernest, that she can't even see that the man calling himself Ernest is deceiving her.

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