Situational Irony In The Importance Of Being Ernest
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Situational irony is when the assumed outcome is completely different than what a person might have expected. “The Importance of Being Earnest” is filled with many examples of irony. Jack Worthing pretends to have a brother in order to escape reality when needed. One example of situational irony is when Jack says he never plans to have a brother, but it turned out that Jack’s fake brother was actually his real brother, Algernon Moncrieff. In the end of the play, everything that Jack lied about turned out to be true. Jack then states, “I’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest” (Wilde 54). A second example is when Jack finds out the truth of what really happened to him as a child, and how he was separated