Earnest Is Not Honest

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After reading The Importance of Being Earnest I felt a bit confused, and needed to go back and reread different portions of it. The play itself is not a challenging read, but it was based in a different time period, with many religious views that I am not familiar with. When I first began reading it actually reminded me of some Disney Channel movies that I watched when I was younger. The conversations between Jack and Algernon were similar to the plot of some movies that young girls love to watch.  Jack came to propose to Gwendolen, and Algernon was against Jack on this idea. It was When Gwendolen accepted Jack’s proposal the two were told they cannot be together, and did not have the appropriate approval. The two of them were frustrated at this and wanted nothing more than to be together. I felt like this plot in the text was a plot that many movies try to use to show forbidden love. The characters in this play are looking for love in all the wrong places. The women are being lied to, and believe anything that Jack says.
Jack is a very interesting character in the play. He tends to say anything without hesitation even if he thinks it is not true. He said he had a brother, and that his real name was Earnest. Both of which ended up being true, but when the words came out of Jack’s mouth he did not know they were true. A major theme in this play is honesty, but it is shown in a funny way since Jack thinks what he is saying is not true. Algernon caught Jack in some of his lies, such as his Aunt Cecily. Who happens to call Jack her Uncle Jack. Algernon knew Jack was lying but seemed to be confused as well as to why.
This is a link to some movies about forbidden love, and a short paragraph explaining what it is about.

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  1. UnknownMay 25, 2020 at 12:07 PM

    it is very interesting that you would compare it Disney Channel movies, I also watched many when I was a child and can think of a few good examples but I was wondering what movie exactly were you thinking that it was similar too?

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