The Importance of Being Earnest characters
Lady Bracknell is the total antagonist of the play. She is Gwendolen’s mother. Also, she is Algernon’s aunt who is described as snobbish, mercenary and domineering. This lady is a strongly oriented matriarch person; she doesn’t even understand that lead herself as a tyrant, she...
As well as Merriman, Lane played his role very well. He is also a servant of Algernon and Jack. Precisely, he is Algernon’s manservant. At the beginning of the story, he is the only one who knows strange secrets about his master – Algernon. Do you remember that “Bunburying?&rdquo...
This character is the main hero of the story. Moreover, John is the most sympathetic hero of the book. The destiny of this person wasn’t from easy ones. When he was a newborn baby, his parents left him in a handbag in the cloakroom of Victoria Station. His life could end there at that...
Here we come to Cecily. She is a granddaughter of that old gentleman, Sir Thomas Cardew, who once found. Saved and adopted Jack when the last was a cute little baby. You know, while reading the text we see that Cecile is probably the most realistic character. She is of a very nice age; she...
Talking about Miss Prism we have to start with the information where she works – she is the governess of Cecily. She is educating Cecily to have no imagination or sensationalism in her life. She was working on her family since very early ages, and that is why she is very honorable there. Also...
Each good tale with a wealthy master has to have a servant, even two. Anyway, the larger quantity of servants, the better story will be. This book is not an exception and continues keeping this concept alive. Merriman is one of Algernon and Jack’s servants. In this book, he plays a role of a...
Jack and Algernon certainly are a lot alike. When we read a book it is sometimes hard to differentiate where is John and where is Algernon. They are Siamese twins. You may look at the first section of Jack’s "Character Analysis" and come back for more details in...
What kind of behavior do you expect from your church leader? Are you surprised when you see glimpses of the real person behind the role? In the play ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' by Oscar Wilde, Dr. Frederick Chasuble is the reverend who is hired by both Jack, the...
This cute little girl (well, not so little she was old enough to fall in love, but her mother perceive her as a little girl saying all the time about things that have and haven’t to be done), is a daughter of tyrant mother Lady Bracknell and Algernon’s cousin. She is submissive to her...