The Importance of Being Earnest," is based in Victorian England and follows the story of Mr.. Jack Worthington; a lovesick man who lies regarding his identity so he may escape to the city. While his lies start unraveling, chaos breaks out.
In the last line of the play, Jack claims that,"he has learned the vital Importance of being earnest. " This conclusion brings the reader to wonder, does a tiger ever change it's stripes?Does the truth actually set one free? And did Jack really ever tell he truth about himself? It is clear that Jack, Ernest, or whatever you want to call him, never learned the Importance of being earnest. To begin, not Jack's, nor anyone's, personality can drastically change in a few minutes; to say that it can is obstreperous. In Wild's "The Impotence of Being Earnest," Jack literally learned that 'bungling' Is wrong In a couple pages.
It is also true to say that a person's personality is based off their moral character. Hillier are raised with certain traits that can alter their political and religious views, above all, resulting n their personality. Because lying has to do with morals, it is a part of a person's character and reflects other traits. Most people ".
.. Never change, except In [their] affections" (188). In that way, Jack's lying personality can never change. To conclude, lying is part of Jack's personality, and personality does not change, therefore, it is impossible for Jack to have learned the importance of being earnest.Pursuing this further, Jack did not learn the Importance of honesty because he would have nothing in return from it.
It is simple to say that humans can be very selfish, specially the Upper Class in Victorian England. While this is clear, it is not clear to Imply that Jack suddenly became NT selfish, as discussed in the previous point. While there was an Immediate gain from Jack muttering the words, "l have now learned the vital importance of being earnest," in return for Condoled, it was nothing more than spoken words. When someone honestly learns a lesson, they change their actions.Moving on, Jack has no reason to change his actions, as it is unpleasant and unnecessary, according to himself.
For example, when Mr.. Worthington tells Condoled hat "It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth," (189) proves that Jack does not look fondly on discovering he 'really' is 'earnest'. Because he is not a man to do something he does not like, It Is obvious attack Worthington never strongly understood why It Is Important to be sincere and honest.
In addition to this, Jack never learned the importance of being earnest simply because he was never honest about his real Identity In the first place. In the beginning of the play, Jack fibs about having a younger brother, Ernest. This Is a personal lie because having siblings is part of one's identity. In the city, Jack refers to himself as Ernest Worthington, this is also false because he knows that his name is Jack. Lying this time because he technically is not Jack, but Mr.
. Ernest Noncredit.However, at the end of the play even that name is lie. Jack is not being earnest by calling himself Earnest in the last pages because he is Jack.
As an example, a woman may give birth too baby, but that does not make her the true mother to that child. In short, Mr.. Jack Worthington, Ernest Worthington, and Ernest Noncredit have an identity rises to figure out, because this/these man/men have never told the truth. The man so says himself that he "could deny anything if he liked," (168).
Therefore, it is definite that Jack has learned the importance of not being earnest. Clearly, In "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wiled, Jack has learned anything but the importance of being earnest. This is obvious because his personality never changed, Jack has no reason to be truly honest, and because he was never earnest about his identity to begin with. Wiled cleverly uses a homophone to confuse the reader, but it results in a brilliant satire.
