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How is the issue of marriage treated in the The Importance of Being Earnest play?

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NURUL AKMA BINTI WAJIMIN (2005674902) B. Ed TESL CO HORT 2 17TH APRIL 2006 How is the issue of marriage treated in the The Importance of Being Earnest play? The Importance of Being Earnest is a story of the mistaken identities of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack, who resides in the country, loves to visit London for some big city entertainment. Due to the pressure of being a role model to his young ward, he invents a younger brother, Ernest, whom he claims to visit in the city as escapism. Whereas, in Algernon's case, whenever he feels the urge to escape his social demands, he has Bunbury, his fictional ill friend to fall on back. Both men fall in love under their false identities. Jack proposes to Gwendolen Fairfax, but her mother, Lady Bracknell, does not approve of his social standing, and forbids their engagement. Algernon on the other hand, falls in love...

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