Drama (Option 2): The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde

Elective English · Chapter 4 · II. Drama

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Oscar Wilde's life, Victorian society and the comedy of manners
Plot and key incidents: double identities, 'Bunburying', the two engagements and the handbag revelation
Characters: Jack Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff, Gwendolen, Cecily, Lady Bracknell, Miss Prism and Dr Chasuble
Themes: marriage, social class, respectability, hypocrisy and the triviality of the serious
Wit and dramatic devices: epigram, paradox, irony, farce and coincidence; personal response