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TheimportanceofbeingearnestByzhangjing1143013004AthesispresentedtotheclassoftheforeigndramaTheimportanceofbeingearnestAbstract:TheImportanceofBeingEarnestisafarcicalcomedyasOscarWildesaid.ItdescribesVictoriaperiod’smarriagethoroughtwogentlemenwhobothusedpseudonym“Ernest”andthelovestorycausedbythename“Ernest”.AndthecharacterIwouldliketotalkaboutisGwendolen’smomLadyBracknellwhoisanArroganceandhypocrisywomaninthebestofEnglandsociety.Sheisanoutspokenwoman.Almosteverytimehurtexports.husband,girlfriend,junior,Army,maids,lovenovels,Frenchculture,eventheinnocentstranger,allsuffer.AccordingtotheladyBracknellwecanseethediscussofnatureofmarriage.Andthetrueloveandmarriageintheplay.Keywords:marriage、hypocrisy、love、money、house、life.LadyBracknellthinkaboutmarriagetothepoint,atthefirstactwhenshetalkaboutherfriendLadyHarbury“Ihadnotbeentheresinceherpoorhusband’sdeath.Ineversawawomansoaltered,shelookslikequiettwentyyearsyounger”.Wemaybeconfusedaboutthat,awoman’shusbandisdead,whyshecanthinkherbeingyounger?Thinkoveritwemayknowthelossofherhusband’srelief.IntheVictoriaperiod’smarriageisaburden,theirwifewillgetfreedomandhealthaftertheirhusbanddead,Womenbymenforsocialstatusandeconomicsources,andwomenmayalsoathingthatmenwanttohave.Theygetmarriagemaynotneedthetruelove.AllthatmakesupLadyBracknell.AndcomestothemostfunnyactthatshequestionedJack.Aswesee,LadyBracknellisastrongandhypocrisywoman,intheactone,whensheseeGwendolentalkingwithjacksheaskhertowaitinthecarriageinatoneofcommand.thencomestotheactthatshequestionedjackwithatoughesttone.justliketoday’smotherchoosingson-in-lawfortheirdaughter.Asshesaid“IhavethesamelistasthedearDuchessofBoltonhas,weworktogether,Iamquitereadytoenteryourname”.wecanseesheisahypocrisywoman,butinanotherword,wecanseehermakingherselfstandingingoodposition.thensheaskedalotsofaspects,ofcourseistheimportantpartsasshethink,includingAge,income.Houseproperty,andpoliticalstance.Everythingseemssatisfactory,butwhenitcomestojack’sbirth.whensheknowsthatjackwasfoundbythelateMrThomasCredew,herwordsbecomecausticity,“Iwouldstronglyadviseyou,MrWorthing,totryandacquiresomerelationsassoonaspossible,andtomakeadefiniteefforttoproduceatanyrateoneparent,ofeithersex,beforethereasonisquiteover”.andsherejecthimatonce.“youcanhardlyimaginethatIandlordBracknellwoulddreamofallowingouronlydaughter---agirlbroughtupwiththeutmostcare---tomarryintoacloak-room,andformanalliancewithaparcel?”wemaybesurprisedofherattitudebecomesrudeandmean,butifyouthinkaboutit,youwillfindthatalthoughhermethodsaredefective,buteveryquestionssheaskistheguaranteeofthemarriage,shewanttoknowjack’sincome,hishouseandevenhispoliticalstance,allthatarebecauseshewanttofindagoodhusbandwhoarematchedformarriagetoherdaughterandmakeherdaughterhavehermarriagehappiness.wehavenorighttoregardherthoughtswrong,becauseeventodaywhenthelovecomesmorefreedom,theleftmaleandtheleftfemalebecomemoreandmore,andmanypeoplechoose“Xiangqing”togetmarried,theymayasktheotherhalf’sincomeandhouseproperty,whenitcomestobematchedformarriage,theywillgetintothenextsteptofindoutiftheycanloveeachothers.theloveisalsoimportant.somarriageisnotonlyacontractbetweenmaleandfemalewithThesamefamilybackground,butalsoaguaranteemakestheirlifehappiness.Atthelastact,LadyBracknellalsoplayedasatartandhypocrisywoman,sheappearinjack’shometotakeGwendolenhome,whenshefindAlgernonwanttomarriedCecil,objecttoitfirst,butwhensheknowherfamilysolicitorsareMessrsMarkby.“Markby?Afirmoftheveryhighestpositionintheirprofession.”AndsheistoldbyJackthatCecilhasahundredandthirtythousandpoundsintheFunds.“Amoment,MrWorthing.Ahundredandthirtythousandpounds!AndintheFunds!MissCardewseemstomeamostattractiveyounglady!”shechangehermindandagreethatatonce,whatahypocrisywoman,whatatartwoman.Wecannotsaysheiswrong,sheisonlyfellowthesocietyinthatperiod.andatlastwereallyseethatallcouplecomestothehappyends.Alsothewillbehappyaftermarried.Conclusion:Oscarwildhavenointeresttowriteaboutthesocietyproblem,andheofcoursedonotwanttobearealismwriter,butinthe19thheusehiswonderfulwritingmakeusknowthetruemeaningofmarriageandlove.preciselybecauseitisconsistentlytrivialthatitisnotugly.wrotebyArthurRansomewhodescribedTheImportanceofbeingearnestasthemosttrivialofWilde'ssocietyplays,andtheonlyonethatproducesthatpeculiarexhilarationofthespiritbywhichwerecognizethebeautiful”.AccordingtothetartandhypocrisywomanLadyBracknellwecanseethetrueloveandmarriageintheplay.WordcitedBowman，HenryA．ChoosingaMarriagePaflner．MarriageforModernsM．NewYork：McGraw-HillBookCompany，lnc1954．周洁，关于王尔德悖论，以《认真重要性为例》周小仪唯关主义与消费文化:王尔德的矛盾性及其会意义