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1. www.americamagazine.org › arts-culture › 2021/04/09Ernest Hemingway was a brilliant writer and a terrible person ...

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   Apr 9, 2021 · Ernest Hemingway at his home in Cuba (Photo by A.E. Hotchner, courtesy of PBS). Ernest Hemingway was a terrible person. He was selfish and egomaniacal, a faithless husband and a treacherous friend ...

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2. www.sparknotes.com › lit › earnestThe Importance of Being Earnest: Character List | SparkNotes

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   The butler at the Manor House, Jack’s estate in the country. Merriman appears only in Acts 2 and 3. A list of all the characters in The Importance of Being Earnest. The Importance of Being Earnest characters include: Jack Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff, Gwendolen Fairfax, Cecily Cardew, Lady Bracknell, Miss Prism.

3. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - Goodreads

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   The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades. Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward ...

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5. www.owleyes.org › text › importance-beingThe Importance of Being Earnest Full Text - Act II - Owl Eyes

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   Besides I have just made arrangements with Dr. Chasuble to be christened at a quarter to six under the name of Ernest. My dear fellow, the sooner you give up that nonsense the better. I made arrangements this morning with Dr. Chasuble to be christened myself at 5:30, and I naturally will take the name of Ernest.

6. www.thedailybeast.com › why-the-hell-are-we-stillWhy the Hell Are We Still Reading Ernest Hemingway?

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   Dec 10, 2018 · In the recent film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Michael Shannon’s book burner says with a smirk, as he picks up a Hemingway novel, “The feminists got to him.”. But dead ...

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7. www.litcharts.com › lit › the-importance-of-beingThe Importance of Being Earnest Act 1, Part 1 Summary ...

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   Algernon’s “Bunbury” parallels Jack’s alter ego “Ernest.”. Through these personas, Jack and Algernon can escape from their duties and live out their fantasies elsewhere. Ironically, Jack does not recognize that his “Ernest” is just as “absurd” as Algernon’s “Bunbury.”. Need help with Act 1, Part 1 in Oscar Wilde's The ...

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   Is Ernest a good man?

   • Ernest has a strong upright nature. He is the very soul of truth and honour. Disloyalty would be as impossible to him as deception. But even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others.

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   Is the importance of Being Earnest still popular?

   • Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades.

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   Who is Merriman in the importance of Being Earnest?

   • The butler at the Manor House, Jack’s estate in the country. Merriman appears only in Acts 2 and 3. A list of all the characters in The Importance of Being Earnest. The Importance of Being Earnest characters include: Jack Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff, Gwendolen Fairfax, Cecily Cardew, Lady Bracknell, Miss Prism.

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   What does the name Ernest mean?

   • [JACK groans, and sinks into a chair. ALGERNON still continues eating.] CURTAIN In the course of the play, the name "Ernest" has become synonymous with the characteristics of being honest, respectable, and trustworthy.

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   Why did Jack and Algernon get christened Ernest?

   • Both Jack and Algernon approach Dr. Chasuble to request that they be christened “Ernest.” Dr. Chasuble entertains secret romantic feelings for Miss Prism. The initials after his name stand for “Doctor of Divinity.” Algernon’s manservant. When the play opens, Lane is the only person who knows about Algernon’s practice of “Bunburying.”

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   What does Gwendolen say about Ernest?

   • A model and arbiter of high fashion and society, Gwendolen speaks with unassailable authority on matters of taste and morality. She is sophisticated, intellectual, cosmopolitan, and utterly pretentious. Gwendolen is fixated on the name Ernest and says she will not marry a man without that name.

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9. www.sparknotes.com › lit › earnestThe Importance of Being Earnest: Act 1 - SparkNotes

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   Algernon. You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn't Ernest. It's on your cards.