Key Characters
Aunt To Algernon and Jack, As Well As The Mother To Gwendolen
Who Is Lady Bracknell?
The Setting and Time of The Play
What Is London in 1895?
With this theme, whether pleasant or unpleasant it is either viewed with cynicism and rarely romantically?
What is Marriage?
"Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. This shilly-shallying with the question is absurd."
Who Is Lady Bracknell?
This type of Irony sees the opposite of what is expected to happen occur
What Is Situational Irony?
This Character Created The Fake Identity of Earnest and Is Earnest to Gwendolen
Who is Jack (John) Worthing?
This moment shows 2 characters agreeing to get married but the mother of one character forbids it
What Is The Jack's Proposal To Gwendolen?
This symbol represents Resentment throughout the play
What is Tea with Sugar?
"Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die"
Who Is Algernon Moncrieff?
This type of irony sees the audience knowing more than the characters themselves
What is Dramatic Irony?
This Character Created Bunbury and Is Earnest to Cecily
Who is Algernon Moncrieff?
In this moment one character sneaks off to another's home and impersonates them as well
What is Algernon going to Jack's country address as Earnest?
This motif is used to mock Victorian society as well with the joking manner instead of the negative connotation that it usually has
"I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die"
What is Death?
"When one is placed in the position of guardian, one has to adopt a very high moral tone on all subjects. It’s one’s duty to do so. And as a high moral tone can hardly be said to conduce very much to either one’s health or one’s happiness,"
Who Is Jack (John) Worthing?
This Motif is a flip on common ideas to help in mocking the Victorian era
What is Inversion?
Niece to Jack Worthing and Love Interest to Algernon
Who is Cecily Cardew?
In this moment this character finds out that they are already engaged to the person they were trying to propose to
What is the proposal of Cecily and Algernon?
This Symbol signifies mistrust throughout the play?
What is the name, Earnest?
“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.”
Who is Gwendolen Fairfax?
This type of joke is widely used within the play
What is a Pun?
Cousin to Algernon and Love Interest to Jack
Who Is Gwendolen Fairfax?
In this moment of passive aggressiveness, 2 characters do this action after a misunderstanding
What is the tea party with Cecily and Gwendolen?
With this theme, Oscar Wilde mocks Victorian society with what is deemed appropriate and not appropriate as each character lies to one another
What is the Constraints of Morality?
“You must not laugh at me, darling, but it had always been a girlish dream of mine to love some one whose name was Ernest. There is something in that name that seems to inspire absolute confidence. I pity any poor married woman whose husband is not called Ernest.”
Who Is Cecily Cardew?
This literary device is used to mock Victorian Society with the use of humor, irony, and exaggeration.
What is Satire?