An analysis on the love and marriage views of the importance of being earnest
International Journal of Development Research
An analysis on the love and marriage views of the importance of being earnest
Received 28th December, 2019; Received in revised form 26th January, 2020; Accepted 04th February, 2020; Published online 30th March, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Wang Ruiyang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This essay elaborates towards the representative works of Oscar Wilde's comedy: The Importance of Being Earnest, aiming at presenting the views of different people on the love and marriage, and attempts to state the change of different characters’ views towards the marriage and the love. Through the whole reading, the dramatic feature and funny characters are highlighted, and the importance of the being earnest to the true love is revealed at the same time. In this drama, different people hold different views towards the love affairs, and people of different periods hold different views towards their own love affairs as well. This passage will take Gwendolen, Algernon and Jack for an example, through listing the concrete facts, to reveal the inner-heart world of the main characters. Furthermore, to show the author’s ideal views towards the love, marriage and social value.
