![]() ![]() His friend, Algernon Moncrieff, has a similar device to get out of social engagements he wants to avoid. He uses Ernest and his troubles as an excuse to go to London from time to time and have some fun. Jack is careful with money, and thoughtful, but Ernest is a spendthrift and a layabout. Jack Worthing, a wealthy young man with a great estate in the country has invented an alter ego, Ernest. The title itself, with its pun on “earnest” and “Ernest,” with all its characters often very “earnest,” but not always or consistently truthful, gives a hint to the reader and viewer what craziness will ensue. ![]() ![]() The Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde, was especially known for his witty control of and deft use of the English language, and nowhere does he demonstrate this facility with English better than in the play, The Importance of Being Earnest. ![]()
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