What is the main conflict in The Importance of Being Earnest?

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1. What is the main conflict in The Importance of Being Earnest?
2. Where does Jack live in The Importance of Being Earnest?
3. Who does Cecily marry in The Importance of Being Earnest?
4. Who is in love with Gwendolen?
5. Who does Jack marry in The Importance of Being Earnest?
6. Why do Gwendolen and Cecily both keep diaries?
7. Are Algernon and Jack Brothers?
8. Who forbids Jack from proposing to Gwendolen?
9. Why can't Gwendolen marry Jack?
10. What were Oscar Wilde's last words?
11. What is Dorian Gray Syndrome?
12. Is Dorian Gray a psychopath?
13. Is Tom Holland related to Oscar Wilde?

What is the main conflict in The Importance of Being Earnest?

CONFLICT. The major conflict in this play is that Jack wants to marry Gwendolen, who believes his name is really Ernest-and loves him for that, and that he cannot because Lady Bracknell does not approve of Jack's background.

Where does Jack live in The Importance of Being Earnest?

Jack resides in the town of Hertfordshire. However, Jack lives a double life. Jack pretends to have a wild younger brother, Ernest Worthing, who lives in London; Jack visits him on a fairly regular basis to help keep him on the right path, so he says.

Who does Cecily marry in The Importance of Being Earnest?

Gwendolen and Cecily are the two major female characters in The Importance of Being Earnest, as they are the love interests of Jake and Algernon. The two women meet in Act II and become fast friends before getting into a minor argument when they think they are preparing to marry the same man.

Who is in love with Gwendolen?

Jack

Who does Jack marry in The Importance of Being Earnest?

Jack reveals Cecily's inheritance, much to Lady Bracknell's interest. Jack refuses to give consent for Cecily to marry Algernon unless Lady Bracknell allows him to marry Gwendolen.

Why do Gwendolen and Cecily both keep diaries?

Gwendolen and Cecily both keep a diary, which they believe would pretty much stand up in a court of law as proof of whatever they say. In the end, Cecily does have to make do with an "Algernon." So we guess Gwendolen wins since she alone ends up marrying an "Ernest." Why did Oscar Wilde make them so similar?

Are Algernon and Jack Brothers?

Jack and Algernon vie to be christened Ernest. Eventually, Jack discovers that his parents were Lady Bracknell's sister and brother-in-law and that he is, in fact, Algernon's older brother, called Ernest.

Who forbids Jack from proposing to Gwendolen?

Lady Bracknell is scandalized. She forbids him from marrying Gwendolen and leaves the house angrily. Algernon enters, and Jack reviews the results of his interview with Lady Bracknell, explaining that as far as Gwendolen is concerned the two of them are engaged.

Why can't Gwendolen marry Jack?

According to Lady Brackness in "The Importance of Being Earnest," why can't Gwendolen marry Jack (whom she knows as Ernest)? He has no parents.

What were Oscar Wilde's last words?

Oscar Wilde's last words were reportedly “This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.” That would be funny, except I once had a hideous case of food poisoning in Paris at L'Hotel, where he died.

What is Dorian Gray Syndrome?

Dorian Gray syndrome (DGS) denotes a cultural and societal phenomenon characterized by a man's extreme pride in his personal appearance and the fitness of his physique, which is accompanied by difficulties in coping with the requirements of psychological maturation and with the aging of his body.

Is Dorian Gray a psychopath?

In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, both the characters of Lord Henry Wooton and Dorian Gray are strongly narcissistic.

Is Tom Holland related to Oscar Wilde?

He is the only grandchild of Oscar Wilde, whose life he has researched and written about extensively....

Merlin Holland
Parent(s)	Vyvyan Holland (father)
Relatives	Oscar Wilde (paternal grandfather)