IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST QUOTES
Quotes Analysis
“married households the Champayne There is no need to play into society
is rarely of the first-rate brand” once you are married- Victorian
conventions
“misunderstanding” Lane’s double life- his previous
marriage
“…I call that business” Marriage no longer for love
“Divorces are made of heaven” Epigram- play on conventions on
marriage
“half of modern culture is based on Wilde satirises Education
one cannot read”
“produces a false impression” Believes one should not speak like a
dentist when they are not one, ironic
and hypocritical due to his deception.
“invalid called Bunbury” Algernon’s double life that he must
use to survive in Victorian society
“women… who flirt with their own Loveless marriages to conform to
husbands is perfectly scandalous” social expectation of marriage
“twenty years younger” … after her husband died. The
negatives of marriage.
“Your uncle would have to dine Lady Bracknell’s subversion of the
upstairs” female gender
“love someone of the name Earnest” Shows Victorian ideals to marry for
titles
“marry into a cloakroom” Farcical
“at harvest celebrations, christening, Shows the Victorian general public
confirmation…” have stopped listening to religion
“Ernest is dead” Parody of melodrama
“great friends… detestable girl” The change between the two girls-
they must fight to win the title of
Ernest
“Disloyalty would be as impossible as Dramatic Irony, the girls clearly do not
deception” know who they are marrying
“Sugar is not fashionable… (puts four Passive aggressive fight
lumps in her cup)”
“One should always eat muffins Comedic juxtaposition between
calmly” Algernon’s calm muffin eating and
Jack’s stressing (incongruity theory)
“Bunbury… exploded” Clear lie, dramatic irony
“seems the most attractive young Absurd, only wants Cecily for her
lady now I look at her” money
“Never speak disrespectfully of Lady Bracknell is commenting on
Society… only those who can’t get Wilde, mocking himself as well as
into it do that” society
“I always admit to twenty when I go to Cecily’s deception
evening parties”
“three-volume novel” Miss Prism’s previous life, and absurd
favour of the novel over a child
“Gwendolen at last…” The final three marriages- resolution
of chaos
“wonderful expression”
Quotes Analysis
“married households the Champayne There is no need to play into society
is rarely of the first-rate brand” once you are married- Victorian
conventions
“misunderstanding” Lane’s double life- his previous
marriage
“…I call that business” Marriage no longer for love
“Divorces are made of heaven” Epigram- play on conventions on
marriage
“half of modern culture is based on Wilde satirises Education
one cannot read”
“produces a false impression” Believes one should not speak like a
dentist when they are not one, ironic
and hypocritical due to his deception.
“invalid called Bunbury” Algernon’s double life that he must
use to survive in Victorian society
“women… who flirt with their own Loveless marriages to conform to
husbands is perfectly scandalous” social expectation of marriage
“twenty years younger” … after her husband died. The
negatives of marriage.
“Your uncle would have to dine Lady Bracknell’s subversion of the
upstairs” female gender
“love someone of the name Earnest” Shows Victorian ideals to marry for
titles
“marry into a cloakroom” Farcical
“at harvest celebrations, christening, Shows the Victorian general public
confirmation…” have stopped listening to religion
“Ernest is dead” Parody of melodrama
“great friends… detestable girl” The change between the two girls-
they must fight to win the title of
Ernest
“Disloyalty would be as impossible as Dramatic Irony, the girls clearly do not
deception” know who they are marrying
“Sugar is not fashionable… (puts four Passive aggressive fight
lumps in her cup)”
“One should always eat muffins Comedic juxtaposition between
calmly” Algernon’s calm muffin eating and
Jack’s stressing (incongruity theory)
“Bunbury… exploded” Clear lie, dramatic irony
“seems the most attractive young Absurd, only wants Cecily for her
lady now I look at her” money
“Never speak disrespectfully of Lady Bracknell is commenting on
Society… only those who can’t get Wilde, mocking himself as well as
into it do that” society
“I always admit to twenty when I go to Cecily’s deception
evening parties”
“three-volume novel” Miss Prism’s previous life, and absurd
favour of the novel over a child
“Gwendolen at last…” The final three marriages- resolution
of chaos
“wonderful expression”
