The play pursues wealthy and bored protagonists, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, as they court two women, Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew, pretending to be men named Ernest.
Despite being published in 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest was an easy read because the play is easily humourous. The words and phrases are not used modernly and therefore, what is written is difficult to understand in the absence of translations or SparkNotes. In many of the English classes I have enrolled in, there are numerous books or plays - especially Shakespeare - that I have read which might be interesting but the diction is archaic. This year in AP Literature, The Importance of Being Earnest was assigned and was not amongst those writing pieces. The Importance of Being Earnest was book nine for my Classics Club challenge to read 50 classics before my challenge end date of 26 August 2023.Over the years, I have been assigned to read a multitude of books and plays for English classes - some of those writing pieces I have never committed to and read thoroughly. Read this for yourself to find out who the third happy couple are! The story is untangled to everyone’s satisfaction by the end of the story, which finishes with three very happy couples. To further complicate things, Gwendolen and Lady Bracknell also turn up at Jack’s estate, where Jack and Algernon are both planning to be christened later that day as ‘Ernest.’ She believed him to be her Uncle Jack’s brother Ernest and fell in love with him, much to Jack’s irritation. Gwendolen accepted Jack’s proposal, believing that his name was Ernest, but Gwendolen’s aunt, Lady Bracknell, refused to give her permission because Jack has no known relations.įilled with curiosity about Jack/Ernest, Algernon went to Jack’s country estate and met Jack’s ward, Cecily, with whom he fell in love. Cecily, on the other hand, believes that Jack has a good-for-nothing brother called Ernest, who lives in London.
When Gwendolen’s cousin Algernon wants to know why ‘Ernest’ also goes by the name of Jack, Jack admits that he is called Jack by his young ward, Cecily, in the country. Jack is mad about a pretty young thing, Gwendolen, who feels as if she could only love a man named Ernest, so of course Jack calls himself Ernest to win her heart.
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