the importance of being Earnest

  • 8

    Jacks

    jack said that he came to town just to propose to Gwendolen. jack is the one who thinks that love is the best thing because he wants to get married. he said" I am in love with Gwendolen. i have come up to town expressly to propose to her"
  • 8

    Algernon

    he said that "divorces were made in heaven" because he doesn't believe in love
  • 19

    gwendolen

    she thinks love is when you marry someone named earnest. "it has music of its own. it produces vibrations"
  • 21

    lady Bracknell

    thinks it's the parent's job to find the husband" when you do become engaged to someone I or your father should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact"
  • 22

    lady bracknell

    she thinks that all marriage is all about wealth"whats your income"
  • 39

    Algernon

    meets Cecily and changes his mind on marriage
  • 65

    cecily

    "We have been engaged for the last 3 months" because she had gotten fake letters
  • 65

    Algernon

    "for the last 3 months" was also surprised by this news but didn't really care because he wants to marry her anyways
  • 68

    cecily

    just likes the name Ernest "I pitty ant poor married woman whose husband is not called Ernest"
  • 80

    jack

    "I made arrangments to be Christian myself" he's doing that just for gwendolen
  • 81

    algernon

    "yes but I have not been christened in years" willing to do it again for cecily
  • 91

    jack

    doesn't let Algernon marry Cecily." I do not approve at all of his moral character"
  • 93

    jack

    will let them marry if he can marry Gwendolen." the moment you consent my marriage to gwendolen"
  • 93

    jack

    loves Gwendolen so much that he will let Algernon marry Cecily if he can marry Gwendolen. "
  • 94

    lady bracknell

    shocked at jack for saying that." you must be quite aware of what you propose is out of the question"