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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST ACT II
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Tiffany Chesson When Cecily meets Gwendolen in Act II, Cecily and Gwendolen desperately want to be rude to each other but the strict rules of Victorian social etiquette mean that they have to be polite. How do they find ways to subtly insult each other in this section of the play? Just before this section begins Ernest (Jack) has proposed to Gwendolen and Ernest (Algernon) has proposed to Cecily. When the girls meet they discover they are both engaged to "Ernest Worthing", who they think is the same man but, as the reader knows is in fact two different people. When they discover this they feel competitive for Ernest's affection and hand in marriage, they feel resentful towards each other and want to disrespect each other. They want to behave this way but they cannot because of Victorian social etiquette. Instead of openly being rude to each other they subtly...
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