The Importance of Being Earnest :: English Literature

The Importance of Being Earnest A protagonist is described as the main character in the story. Thestory stock certificate revolves around this one character and the events in his/her smell. In the Importance of Being Earnest, trap Worthing is theprotagonist of the lend because it is his character that dominates thenarrative. His pursuit to marry Gwendolen, and the conflicts andstruggles he goes up against to reach his ultimate goal, are traitswhich develop his character into being the protagonist. For a character to take on the role of protagonist, there always needsto be conflict. Jack Worthings first conflict is getting theapproval to marry Gwendolen from her mother, Lady Bracknell. In thebeginning of the story when Jack, also referred to as Ernest, proposesto Gwendolen, plainly is denied the capability to marry Gwendolen until hehas passed Lady Bracknells series of tests what she sees as asuitable husband for her daughter. This is shown through her statementof I fell bound t o narrate you that you are not on my list of eligibleyoung menhowever, I am quite ready to enter your name should youranswers be what a really affectionate mother acquires (Wilde,1438). Earnest informs her that he does not know anything from his childhood,including who his parents are, and why he became an orphan and now isthought to be unacceptable suitor to marry her daughter, Gwendolen. Lady Bracknell reinforces to Jack that to be born, or at any ratebred in a handbag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me todisplay a contempt for the habitual decencies of family life thatreminds one of the worst excesses of the French revolution(Wilde,1440), basically stating that having a hand bag for a parent is anunacceptable notion about family life (Parker), and needed to findout who his parents are before he can marry Gwendolen. It is thissort of conflict that must arise in order for the play to pursue anyfurther. It is the role of the protagonist to ensure that hecontinues on his p ursuit in order to get what one wants, that beingthe hand of Gwendolen. Jack lies and discoveries of human freedom inprotean identity (Parker, 185) which he adopted identities to suitthe occasion (parker, 185). All of these identities and secret liveseventually led to Gwendolens hand but also the truth of who Jackreally was the true importance of being Ernest, because being Ernestgets him what he wants. The title of the play The Importance of being Earnest shows moment because this creates conflict and comedy between the