the importance of being earnest (summary and questions)
The Importance of being Earnest
Characters
John “Jack” Worthing (Earnest): A responsible, respectable man leading a double life. In Hertfordshire he is jack and pretends to have a younger brother Earnest but in London he is earnest. He doesn’t feel at home in an aristocratic society. As a baby he was found in a handbag in a cloakroom of Victoria station by an old man who adopted him and made jack the guardian to his granddaughter Cecily cardew. He is in love with his friend Algernon’s Cousin Gwendolyn Fairfax
Algernon Moncrieff: A charming, idle, decorative bachelor. Nephew of lady bracknell. Cousin of Gwendolyn. Jack’s best friend whom he has known for years as earnest. He has a fictional friend Bunbury. Hes always making excuses to go see him so ge can get out of unwanted social obligations
Lady Bracknell ( Aunt Augusta): blocking both marriages. She doesn’t want Gwendolyn to marry jack because he is an orphan. She didn’t like Cecily as a mate for her nephew Algernon until she realized she is wealthy. She is snobbish and values ignorance
Gwendolyn Fairfax: Lady Bracknell’s daughter. Algernon’s cousin. Jack likes her and she likes him back(as earnest). She’s selfcentered, sophisticated and flighty. Se desires nothing but to marry someone named earnest.
Cecily Cardrew: jack tlooks after her. Granddaughter of the man who foun and adopted jack as a baby. She is also obsessed with the name earnest. She is intruiged by the idea of wickedness. She has fallen n love with jack’s brother earnest in her imagination from what he tells her about him. Algernon likes her so he pretends to be Earnest. She only wants to marry a man with the name Earnest.
Lane and Merriman: Algernon and jack’s butlers
Miss prism: ceciley’s governess. She loves the priest chasuble who comes by often to see her. She approves of jack’s assumed respectability and disapproves of his “unfortunate brother’
Summary
Algernon Moncrieff’s butler arranges tea for Lady Bracknell’s arrival. He
Characters
John “Jack” Worthing (Earnest): A responsible, respectable man leading a double life. In Hertfordshire he is jack and pretends to have a younger brother Earnest but in London he is earnest. He doesn’t feel at home in an aristocratic society. As a baby he was found in a handbag in a cloakroom of Victoria station by an old man who adopted him and made jack the guardian to his granddaughter Cecily cardew. He is in love with his friend Algernon’s Cousin Gwendolyn Fairfax
Algernon Moncrieff: A charming, idle, decorative bachelor. Nephew of lady bracknell. Cousin of Gwendolyn. Jack’s best friend whom he has known for years as earnest. He has a fictional friend Bunbury. Hes always making excuses to go see him so ge can get out of unwanted social obligations
Lady Bracknell ( Aunt Augusta): blocking both marriages. She doesn’t want Gwendolyn to marry jack because he is an orphan. She didn’t like Cecily as a mate for her nephew Algernon until she realized she is wealthy. She is snobbish and values ignorance
Gwendolyn Fairfax: Lady Bracknell’s daughter. Algernon’s cousin. Jack likes her and she likes him back(as earnest). She’s selfcentered, sophisticated and flighty. Se desires nothing but to marry someone named earnest.
Cecily Cardrew: jack tlooks after her. Granddaughter of the man who foun and adopted jack as a baby. She is also obsessed with the name earnest. She is intruiged by the idea of wickedness. She has fallen n love with jack’s brother earnest in her imagination from what he tells her about him. Algernon likes her so he pretends to be Earnest. She only wants to marry a man with the name Earnest.
Lane and Merriman: Algernon and jack’s butlers
Miss prism: ceciley’s governess. She loves the priest chasuble who comes by often to see her. She approves of jack’s assumed respectability and disapproves of his “unfortunate brother’
Summary
Algernon Moncrieff’s butler arranges tea for Lady Bracknell’s arrival. He