The “Importance of Being Earnest” is a Victorian melodrama with the main focus on mocking the different classes. The cynical, snarky but playful tone results in a very satirical resonance throughout the entirety of the play. Oscar Wilde intended to do this to show how shallow and hypocritical the whole charade of the aristocrat’s behaviour really is. The charade that all the aristocrat’s do is sit around playing on a piano, lying to get out of seeing relatives and eating cucumber sandwiches is completely
In the The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde criticizes the Victorian ways. Instead of aiming to illustrates the daily lives of the people during that time period, Wilde uses characterization to criticize the superficiality of the their ways. Marriage is one of the apparent issues that Wilde criticizes in this play. He uses the characters of Jack/Ernest, Algernon, Gwendolen, Cecily, and Lady Bracknell to bring forth the superficiality of marriage typical in the Victorian elite. However, this
English Written Task 2 - The importance of being Earnest The play The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde revolves around two English upper-class men who use pseudonyms for their clandestine pleasure. This play was first performed in 1985 and it contains various literary techniques like irony, inversion of idioms and paradox to mock the social conventions of the upper class in the Victorian Era by portraying the elite as unrefined to subvert the norm and express Wilde’s modern views
They show us the ridiculous things that people do for love. Love is also a good theme to write about as it reveals human weaknesses and foibles. Twelfth Night or What you Will, was written in the 1600s’ by William Shakespeare, whereas The Importance of Being Earnest was written in the 1890’s by Oscar Wilde. The title Twelfth Night suggests that there will be ticks and jokes as the twelfth night of Christmas was full of jokes and tricks that would be led by ‘The Lord of Mis-rule’, this role could be
his character is wholly based on wealth and social status. In the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde gives the character Lady Bracknell traits that parallel those of Pantalone. Her satirical embodiment of the upper class of Victorian society, unladylike vibe, and impediment of the relationship between Ernest and Gwendolen, shows that she, like Pantalone, serves as Wilde’s comical weapon against the Victorian upper class. Like Pantalone, Wilde sarcastically depicts Lady Bracknell as
Sexual Equality Oscar Wilde became an icon and a martyr for the modern gay community. Even though he didn’t explicitly state his homosexuality, his actions and statements with regards to the trial and criticism he received, support the idea of him as being a gay martyr and influencing gay identity. He paved the way towards social reform for gender and sexual equality. His mindset towards women and his relationships, can be seen throughout his works and his aspects of life. Even though his personal life