Dramatic Textual Analysis of Oscar Wilds-the Importance of...

Dramatic Textual Analysis The Importance of being Earnest Act 3 Cecily and Gwendolen have just found out that Jack and Algernon had lied to them. They go into the house and make a vow not to be the first to take to them as they enter the house. Jack and Algernon enter the house and they end up begging for forgiveness. The women forgive them and the two couples fall into each others arm, then enters lady Bracknell. She is opposed to the idea of Gwendolen and Jack being engaged, but when she hears the Cecily and Algernon are to be engaged she inquires into Cecilys past and fortune and she approvers of her and the engagement The themes presented in this extract is the theme of love, marriage and social status. When Gwendolen†¦show more content†¦The setting shows how Wilde is using satire to comment on the life style that people lived then and how the play is breaking all of the rules. In act three the beginning is a denouement as the two couples are making up after Jack and Algernons true identities are revealed. It then goes back up to a climax, as the tension in the play is increases by the entrance of Lady Bracknell. Lady Bracknell taking a liking to Cecily and the idea of her and Algernon being engaged then res olves this tension. All of these elements add to how the viewer responds to what the writer is trying to portray and in the Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde is able to use comedy to make serious issues seem trivial and by doing this he is able to criticize Society without offending the public to