The Importance of Being Earnest :: English Literature

The Importance of Being Earnest A protagonist is describe as the main character in the story. Thestory line revolves almost this one character and the events in his/her action. In the Importance of Being Earnest, squatting Worthing is theprotagonist of the coquette 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 macrocosm the protagonist. For a character to take on the role of protagonist, there always of necessityto be conflict. Jack Worthings first conflict is getting the thanksgiving to marry Gwendolen from her niggle, doll Bracknell. In thebeginning of the story when Jack, also referred to as Ernest, proposesto Gwendolen, but is denied the ability to marry Gwendolen until hehas passed Lady Bracknells serial publication of tests what she sees as asuitable husband for her daughter. This is shown through her statemen tof I fell bound to tell you that you are not on my incline of eligibleyoung menhowever, I am quite develop to enter your name should youranswers be what a very 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 strip 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 peckbag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me todisplay a contempt for the ordinary decencies of family behavior 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 stern marry Gwendolen. It is thissort of conflict that must arise in baseball club for the play to pursue anyfurther. It is the role of the protagonis t to ensure that hecontinues on his pursuit in order to get what one wants, that beingthe hand of Gwendolen. Jack lies and discoveries of human freedom inprotean individuation (Parker, 185) which he adopted identities to suitthe occasion (parker, 185). All of these identities and secret liveseventually conduct 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 showssignificance because this creates conflict and comedy between the