Category: The Importance of Being Earnest

Shakespeare in his Othello, and Wilde in his The Importance of Being Earnest, are about realising personality through creative strategies to exploit the hypocrisy of society. Oscar Wildes play was first performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James’s Theatre in London. It is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae…

Call Me by Your Name, a film directed by Luca Guadagnino and the play The Importance of Being Earnest, written by Oscar Wilde follows two contrastingly different works without a common theme. Nevertheless, both authors utilise irony in their chosen genres about love in order to criticise the expectations and hypocrisy present within each society.…

Oscar Wildes, The Importance of Being Earnest, creates a trivial comedy which emphasizes the absurdity within Victorian society during the 19th century. The playwright uses characters Jack Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff, Cecily Cardew, Gwendolen Fairfax and Lady Bracknell to develop a sense of humor and comments on the absurd nature of Victorian morals and values. Wilde…

Section 1: Social, Political and Philosophical Context The Victorian era was one of great change and importance. The industrialisation of England during this time forever changed how and where people lived. The shift from rural to urban work accelerated with the rise of factories and the advancement of technology. The lower classes were overworked and…

Oscar Wilde once said, The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Lies are an easy way out but as a result, lead to harder problems. The truth for some people is never simple and is fabricated. Truth gets passed down through people and over time it fades. There is always another side to truth.…

At the heels of the satirical Victorian morality delineated through Wildes play, The Importance of Being Earnest, a judiciously executed perception directed at society is apparent. To study a text 120 years on, whats the point? At the time Oscar Wildes satirical view and the way which he composed his judgments on the Victorian society…

At the heels of the satirical Victorian morality delineated through Wildes play, The Importance of Being Earnest, a judiciously executed perception directed at society is apparent. To study a text 120 years on, whats the point? At the time Oscar Wildes satirical view and the way which he composed his judgments on the Victorian society…