the importance of being earnest

Title: The Importance of Being Earnest Author: Oscar Wilde Setting: Begins in a flat in London then proceeds to a manor house in the countryside in the late 1800\'s. Plot: Two men, John Jack Earnest Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, use the deception [a Bunbury] that both their names were Ernest, in order to secure marriage to the women they love, Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Then there is the ultimate unraveling of their lies, which …showed first 75 words of 4936 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4936 total…he really was seeing his wayward brother. With the truth exposed it also means that Algernon was only lying to Cecily about being named Ernest, because he truly is John Jack Ernest Worthing\'s brother. Being earnest is being truthful. The quote that entails this ideal is on pg. 40 [Algernon to Jack] \"Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life. I happen to be serious about Bunburying...\"