The Importance of Being Earnest Characters
This woman is stern, upper-class, and Gwendolen's mother.
Who is Lady Bracknell?
Jack pretends to be this person in the city.
Who is Ernest?
He is Victor’s best friend and foil character.
Who is Henry Clerval?
Victor turns to this for comfort from guilt.
What is nature?
Saying the opposite of what you mean.
What is verbal irony?
He invented a fake friend named Bunbury.
Who is Algernon?
Algernon discovered Jack’s alter-ego by finding this.
What is a cigarette case?
She was wrongly executed for William’s murder.
Who is Justine Moritz?
The Romantic period emphasized this over reason.
What is emotion (or imagination)?
When the audience knows more than the character.
What is dramatic irony?
This character is Jack's ward and loves writing in her diary.
Who is Cecily?
Jack's invented brother, Ernest, gave him this excuse.
What is a reason to go to the city and misbehave?
This woman symbolizes peace and virtue for Victor.
Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
This family represents warmth and affection to the monster.
Who are the DeLaceys?
Something unexpected happens.
What is situational irony?
This man is a priest with a crush on Miss Prism.
Who is Dr. Chasuble?
Jack turns out to be related to this person.
Who is Algernon?
This character begins innocent but turns vengeful.
Who is the Creature (the Monster)?
Victor feared the female creature might do this.
What is reproduce or become dangerous?
Frankenstein’s narrative structure.
What is a story within a story (frame narrative)?
This governess once lost a baby in a handbag.
Who is Miss Prism?
This object was swapped with baby Jack.
What is a book manuscript?
She adopted Elizabeth and died early in the novel.
Who is Caroline Frankenstein?
The monster warns Victor, “I shall be with you...” when?
What is on his wedding night?
Oscar Wilde criticized this aspect of the upper class.
What is their obsession with appearances and status?