The Importance of Marriage in the "Importance of Being Earnest"
The Importance of Marriage in the "Importance of Being Earnest" Name: Nilay N. Rathod Paper 104: Literature of the Victorians Subject Code: 22395 Batch: M.A. Sem-1 (2021-23) Roll No: 18 Enrolment No:4069206420210030 Email Address: rathodnilay2017@gmail.com Submitted to: Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University The Importance of Being Earnest, in full The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, play in three acts by Oscar Wilde, performed in 1895 and published in 1899. A satire of Victorian social hypocrisy, the witty play is considered Wilde’s greatest dramatic achievement. This play deals with the same theme as most of the writers were writing about in the Victorian era. The main character of the play Jack Worthing Is a fashionable young man who lives in the country with his ward. He has invented a fictional brother named Ernest whose supposed exploits give Jack an excuse to travel to London periodically to rescue h...