Importance of Being Earnest

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The Victorians' Masks (The importance of being Earnest) These days, so many people are obsessed with how they look. We always encounter the matters of a choice whether we should follow their desire or we should be obedient to social expectation. Even university students make a choice to work for large enterprises not small ones due to the fact that they are very careful about their faces. One of my friends is perfectly suitable for this example. Even though his aptitude is closer to a small company, he did not hesitate to decide to work for the big company because of reputation which he would be likely to obtain later. Eventually he quit his job and is looking for jobs proper to him. Likewise, people in Victoria age seemed not to be free from the eyes of other’s. Ironically, the movie ‘The importance of being Earnest’ is full of hypocrisy. Probably, the author ‘Oscar Wilde’ wanted to expose these hidden aspects of Victorians. That is the satire of Victoria society. I think that the Victorians cared for formality, exterior appearance. However, they still are longing for liberty from the society. The two main characters ‘John Worthing’ and ‘Algernon Moncrieff’ decided to ‘do Bunbury’. Doing Bunbry is the only escape way from ‘Lady Bracknell’. Each man made fictional characters John’s brother ‘Earnest’ and Algernon’s friend bunbury. They are quite intelligent because they made such a nice excuse. Furthermore, they made their own good men image through each artificial character. Even if john’s artificial brother did bad things, he addressed all problems without any discontents. Algernon always looks after his poor and weak friend, ‘Bunbury’. ‘Gwendlen Fairfax’ and ‘Cecily Cardew’ are also very interesting characters we should pay attention to. Both want to marry someone named Earnest. They just focus on the ‘man’s name’. Generally, when people choose their
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