Thinking activity on Importance of being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Some contemporary reviews praised the play's humour and the culmination of Wilde's artistic career, while others were cautious about its lack of social messages. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde's career but also heralded his downfall. The Marquess of Queensberry, whose son Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's lover, planned to present the writer with a bouquet of rotten vegetables and disrupt the show. Wilde was tipped off and Queensberry was refused admission. Their feud came to a climax in court, where Wilde's homosexuality was revealed to the Victorian public and he was sentenced to imprisonment. Despite the play's early success, Wilde's notoriety caused the play to be closed after 86 performances. After his release from prison, he published the play from exile in Paris, but he wrote no further comic or dramatic work.


Reading materials .


 1 ] Criticism concerning the title

2] Dualism

3] Criticism in the play is with the institution of marriage.
                      For this click here.



1] Critique of the Victorian society
      

1] Importance of being Earnest illustration on gay and homosexual

- Cucumber sandwich

- Cigarette Case
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1] Dualism in character's

1] language and lying

Answer this question after reading this blog.

1]  Can you find any autobiographical element in this play if Yes thean illustrate ?

2] Did Lady Bracknell representation of Victorian society ? 

3] According to your reading what are the leading different find in this to Victoria work Importance of being earnest and  Jude the Obscure ?
 [ Note:- this both literary work talks about marriage ]

4]  This play talk about class or marriage or dual identity according to your reading , Can you  identify the main themes of play discriminate with some sapportiv argument.

5] Can you make compare and contrast between two characters Jack and Dr.Jekyll ( Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde



6]   See this 3 video and after that give your point of view and your thoughts. 

Work Citation

1].   وبث بطه. (n.d.). Dualism in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/24961497/Dualism_in_Oscar_Wildes_The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest



2].    Hunter, W. (n.d.). A Wilde Coincidence: Gay Theory and The Importance of Being Earnest. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/31944435/A_Wilde_Coincidence_Gay_Theory_and_The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest

3]. Ahmed, M. (n.d.). " Criticism in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest ". Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/34774153/_Criticism_in_Oscar_Wildes_The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_

4].  Worth, K. (1983). ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.’ Oscar Wilde, 152–182. doi: 10.1007/978-1-349-17157-6_8