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Oscar Wilde

r if it was necessarily true. Cecily states, “Gwendolen,your common sense is invaluable. Mr. Moncrieff, kindly answer me thefollowing question. Why did you pretend to be my guardian’s brother?” Algernon’s reply is, “In order that I might have an opportunity of meetingyou.” Cecily states to Gwendolen, “That certainly seems like a satisfactoryexplanation, does it not? Gwendolen’s reply is, “Yes, dear, if you canbelieve him.” Cecily says, “I dont. But that does not affect the wonderfulbeauty of his answer.” Gwendolen than states, “True. In matters of graveimportance style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.”(Pg 92 Act III) Wildeshows how absurd these people are because in that situation Algernon wascaught in a major lie and the women seem to overlook that fact because theythink his answer sounds wonderful and provides them with what they wantwhich is not necessarily the truth. This perverse feeling of Gwendolen’s iscertainly foolish.In The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde also mocks the practice ofmarriage. Within this play several problems arise as result of one wanting tomarry another. To characters such as Lady Bracknell it comes down to howmuch money the person has or how well respected there family is in greatersociety. Lady Bracknell says to Algernon and Cecily, “To speak frankly, Iam not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity offinding out each other’s character before marriage, which I think is neveradvisable.”(Pg 99 Act III) Also, when Cecily tells Lady Bracknell that shewants to marry Algernon, she does not approve but when Jack mentions thatshe is worth quite a bit of money Bracknell becomes overjoyed and starts tostate how she sees potential for Cecily and Algernon. Wilde shows that thearistocracy does not see marriage for love and feeling but more for socialstatus and financial ...

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