Oscar wilds The importance of Being Ernest is set in Victorian England in the late nineteenth century .The play revolves around the lives of characters named Johan Worthing , Gwendolen Fairfax ,Algernon ,Moncrieff and Cecily cardew. The predominant themes in the play the courtship between John and Gwendolen who is Algernon's cousin.John goes by the name of Ernest in London and he is known as jack in his country home in the Hertfordshire . John invest a fictional bother named Ernest who is always getting into trouble so that he can escape the boredom of the country and indulge in pleasure in London .Algernon also named Bunbury who is an in order to avoid unpleasant situation .Algemon poses ad jack's bother Ernest and visits his country home because he wants to meet Cecily. The climax of the play occurs when John finds out the true nature of his birth. When John was a baby he was deposited into a hand bag that was adopted by the gentleman who found him.
The fictional characters of Ernest and Bunbury reveal the double life of John and Algernon and Wilde critiques the hypocrisy and satire in the play.
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