Title: The Importance of Being EarnestAuthor: Oscar Wilde
Genre: Comedy
Characters: Jack Worthing,Algernon Moncrieff,Lady Bracknell,Miss Prism,Cecily,Gwendolen
Setting 1890
Plot: Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pretend to be Ernest to seduce as two gentlemen Lady Gwendolen,a rich heiresses,and Cecily, Jack's cousin. Gwendolen's mother instead doesn't want her daughter frequent Ernest,because he is orphan and hasn't gor noble origins.Instead Jack doesn't want his cousin frequent Algernon because of his superficiality.At the end Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen's mother, allows her daughter to marry, and Jack allows his cousin to marry Algernon,because he find that Algernon is his brother.
Personal comment: It is a fantastic and ironic comedy. In this script Wilde exposes,with a great humorism, the london social convention of the Victorian's age.
Pasquale Iuliano
I like very much this book because it shows what a person can do to seduce his or her lover. These two men were disposed to change their name into Ernest because their girlfriends liked this name, it's a bit weird but it was possible in Victorian society. For this reason this story is filled with tragic turn of events and suspence. It catches the curiosity of the reader who wants to learn the final events of this misunderstanding. The final events are completely unexpected.
RispondiElimina-Arianna Scandiffio