This essay investigates how far "The Importance of Being Earnest" reflects this view on life. ... (Act 2 page 46) The play makes it clear that people in the upper class society wear a social mask and pretend to be good whilst being wicked. ... "I thought you had come up for pleasure?... But I never dreamed for a moment of letting that stand in my way." ... Lady Bracknell overturns assumptions about illness, seeing it as something that a person wills upon himself. ...

• Word Count: 2564
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He believes this activity, "Bunburying," is necessary, especially if one is going to get married ¹something he vows never to do. ... A lady from a family as Bracknell's could not marry the man she loved if he wasn't the appropriated one, a rich person, a socially known person, a person from the upper class I think this is a way to protest about the marriage. ... Jack reveals he has come to London to propose to Gwendolen. ... Lady Bracknell comes in, and Gwendolen informs her of their engagement. ... He and Cecily briefly discuss his "wicked" reputation. ...

• Word Count: 3629
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

She denounced indignantly at the boy in her direct way: "Wicked and cruel boy! ... Robert Browning once said: "when the fight begins within him, a man is worth something". ... Then comes the next----Mrs. ... Jane's Way to A Christian Jane Eyre is noted for her rebellious spirit and thus is often labeled as a rebel in Christianity. ... I will never come to see you when I am grown up-(P37). ...

• Word Count: 3066
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School