The Importance Of Being

Part I of Essay
I chose the play Ernest by Oscar Wilde to read and respond to for Theatre Appreciation class. I chose this particular piece for a few reasons, one being that I am familiar with the piece and two being that I see how this piece relates to today's society. The theme of th ....

Part II of Essay
.... a restricted mind set. The main female character of the work does this. She sets it in her mind that she will only love a man named Ernest. This mindset causes the men to lie and deceit the poor girl because he has fallen in love with her. She finds out in the end that his name is not Ernest and that she will love him after all but she would have not given him another look had he not lied. This play has a lot of points that can be relevant to a historical society as well as the one of today. The people of today have the inner need t ....