WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE BY OSCAR WILDE

Woman of no Importance by Oscar Wilde

Woman of no Importance by Oscar Wilde

Male Character Analysis

An earnest person in the play is someone who practices diligence, seriousness, and above all sincerity. That being said, it is difficult to find a male character in the play who possesses all three qualities of earnestness. Despite this, the lead characters of Woman of no Importance entertained and endeared audiences for over one hundred years.

Double identities in the play are commonplace throughout Oscar Wilde's Woman of no Importance. Despite his façade of high moral character, Jack Worthing has been living a lie.

As the central character of the play, Jack might seem serious at first glance. He is far more proper and less ridiculous than his dandified friend, Algernon Moncrieff. In many productions of Earnest, the protagonist has been portrayed in a somber, straight-faced manner. Dignified actors such as Sir John Gielgud and Colin Firth have brought Jack Worthing to life on stage and screen, adding an air of dignity and refinement to the character. But don't let appearances fool you.

Jack's relatives and neighbors believe him to be a moral and productive member of society. JACK is placed in the position of guardian, one has to adopt a very high moral tone on all subjects. It's one's duty to do so. And as a high moral tone can hardly be said to conduce very much to either one's health or one's happiness, in order to get up to town I have always pretended to have a younger brother of the name of Ernest, who lives in the Albany, and gets into the most dreadful scrapes.

Despite his deceptive nature in the play, Jack is sincerely in love with Gwendolen Fairfax, the daughter of the aristocratic Lady Bracknell. Because of ...