Thinking Activity- Importance of being Earnest

 

Here I am share my views on "The Importance of being Earnest" subtitle "A serious Comedy for Trivial People", Wilde decided to change it to ''A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" this blog my classroom activity. Let started with why change  subtitle Wilde in his comedy. 

" The importance of being Earnest is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it has its philosophy... That we should treat all the trivial things of life, very seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality".

- Oscar Wilde from a January 1895 interview with. Robbie Ross published in the st. Fames guzette.

Oscar Wilde's play The  Importance of being Earnest derives much of its comic and thematic way in which it inverts the values of everyday life. This play is presented the serious issues in comic way. Serious topic like that death, love and religious. Examples like Algernon proposed to Cecily that time she say:

"Today I broken off my engagement with earnest. I feel it is better to do so. The weather still continues charming".

Though Wilde originally gave the play the subtitle A serious Comedy for Trivial People. This is an appropriate subtitle as the play deals with a great deal of triviality and nonsense throughout the play. Wilde show to many aspects of Victorian society in this play. Algernon, Bracknell, Cecily belong to the upper class. Wilde is parodying the normal views of people in the Victorian era, as they focus more on the very minor and unimportant things, highlighting their superficiality. He wanted to make people more aware of the the more important things in life, which he does by parodying the Victorian society views and ideals such as things like religion and marriage. Religious and marriage are usually to things that are  held in very high regards by others, but by mocking them, Wilde is making people aware of how nonsensical they are acting and how stupied they look at times.this is done by the clever usage of epigrams, paradoxes, irony and sarcasm.

One main idea that Wilde constantly voices throught the play is the superficiality of the upper classes, mainly the female. Lady Bracknell, main female character in the play, is the caricature of the upper classes. This character is very attentive in this play. She also love with money and she decided to his daughter marriage only for the good mam in financial status, and  he belong to good family. She focuses mainly on things that are trivial and does not show too much interest in thing that are important. And Bracknell is interviewing jack, to see if he is fit to wed her daughter Gwendolen, the first question she asks it not something essential, such as a political views or a question about his employment. She starts the interview with a completely trifling jack smokes or not. The last question she poses to him is of his birth and family. Other examples like that the Gwendolen and Cecily love only for name Like Earnest. Not the named of Earnest we are denied the marrid Jake and Algernon. This is very serious issues present with comic way. Jack and Algernon try to a convincing to find your love with real name but we  are failed. 

Of  Wilde openly and publicly insulted them by reffering to them as "trivial  people" they would not attend and might even react more forcefully. Despite his efforts, however, people did indeed realise he was Calling them trivial though his comedy and in part this caused the play to be banned.

Here I am end of my writing is subtitle a series comedy of trivial people, and Wilde changed the title it to a trivial Comedy for serious people it is very appropriate this play.

Thankyou.