The Importance of Being Earnest
By the end of the play,has jack really learned the importance of being earnest? Why or Why not
By the end of the play,has jack really learned the importance of being earnest? Why or Why not?
By the end of the play,has jack really learned the importance of being earnest? Why or Why not?
Both women want to marry someone named "Earnest," as the name inspires "absolute confidence"; in other words, the name implies that its bearer truly is earnest, honest, and responsible. However, Jack and Algernon have lied about their names, so they are not really "earnest." But it also turns out that (at least in Jack's case) he was inadvertently telling the truth. The rapid flip-flopping of truths and lies, of earnestness and duplicity, shows how truly muddled the Victorian values of honesty and responsibility were.