The Importance of Being Earnest :: English Literature

The Importance of cosmos Earnest A wizard is described as the main character in the story. Thestory airwave revolves around this mavin character and the events in his/her life. In the Importance of Being Earnest, tar Worthing is theprotagonist of the play because it is his character that dominates thenarrative. His pursuit to marry Gwendolen, and the conflicts andstruggles he goes up against to reach his ultimate goal, are traitswhich develop his character into cosmos the protagonist. For a character to take on the role of protagonist, there invariably needsto be conflict. Jack Worthings first conflict is get theapproval to marry Gwendolen from her mother, Lady Bracknell. In thebeginning of the story when Jack, in any case referred to as Ernest, proposesto Gwendolen, but is denied the ability to marry Gwendolen until hehas passed Lady Bracknells series of tests what she sees as asuitable husband for her daughter. This is shown through her line of reasoningof I fell bound t o tell you that you are not on my list of eligibleyoung menhowever, I am sooner ready to enter your name should youranswers be what a really amicable mother acquires (Wilde,1438). Earnest informs her that he does not know anything from his childhood,including who his parents are, and why he became an orphan and now isthought to be unacceptable suitor to marry her daughter, Gwendolen. Lady Bracknell reinforces to Jack that to be born, or at any castbred in a handbag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me todisplay a contempt for the run-of-the-mill decencies of family life thatreminds one of the worst excesses of the French revolution(Wilde,1440), basically stating that having a hand bag for a parent is anunacceptable notion active family life (Parker), and needed to findout who his parents are before he can marry Gwendolen. It is thissort of conflict that must arise in order for the play to pursue anyfurther. It is the role of the protagonist to see to it that hecontinues on his pursuit in order to get what one wants, that beingthe hand of Gwendolen. Jack lies and discoveries of human freedom in variable identity (Parker, 185) which he adopted identities to suitthe occasion (parker, 185). All of these identities and secret lives in conclusion led to Gwendolens hand but also the truth of who Jackreally was the true importance of being Ernest, because being Ernestgets him what he wants. The statute title of the play The Importance of being Earnest showssignificance because this creates conflict and drollery between the