Characters,social commentary and message about society in Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest"

Date Submitted: 11/11/2002 06:47:28
Category: / Literature
Length: 2 pages (603 words)
How do the characters change and grow during the course of Wilde's play? For one, Algy at first does not want to get married. He feels it kills the romance and ends in divorce. But once he learns about young, pretty Cecily, he wants to meet her and upon meeting her he is instantly in love and wants to marry. Does he not think that marring her will kill the romance anymore? Jack grows somewhat …
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…can't possibly be honest without sounding crass. rude, or just plain mean. These characters speak their minds, much of the time with a highly humourous effect. Wilde's message about society is the ridiculousness of class differentiation. He shows us that in an instant, a person can go from being a nobody to a somebody (If that is true, wouldn't the converse be true also?). Social snobbery is an affront to those of the working class.
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