This attitude can be clearly seen in his play The Importance of Being Earnest'. ... As far as respectability is concerned in The Importance of Being Earnest' the people living during the Victorian age were extremely prudish. ... Much of British society struck Wilde as dry, stern, conservative, and so "earnestly" concerned with the maintenance of social norms and the status quo that it had become almost inhuman. In the figure of Lady Bracknell in particular, The Importance of Being Earnest' lightly shows the limitations and unhappiness produced by such a way of life. ... All i...

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In The Importance of Being Earnest, John Worthing adopts the name Ernest to win beautiful Gwendolen's love. ... The Importance of Being Earnest is a play of nonsense, and childish playfulness, and demands not to be taken seriously. ... It is this fact that makes The Importance of Being Earnest such a great text: it rejected all the mundane conventions of its day. ... In The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde explores the themes of love, social classes and truth. ... A major theme of The Importance of Being Earnest is John Worthing's search for his own identity. ...

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The Importance Of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde is the type of book, which is very comical. ... She named a few then said "The Importance of Being Ernest", that rang a bell in my head. ...

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• Grade Level: High School