From the text:
Jack looks perfectly furious, and goes to the door.
Dear Uncle Jack is so very serious! Sometimes he is so serious that I think he cannot be quite well.
Enter Jack slowly from the back of the garden. He is dressed in the deepest...
The Question and Answer section for The Importance of Being Earnest is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
From the text:
Jack looks perfectly furious, and goes to the door.
Dear Uncle Jack is so very serious! Sometimes he is so serious that I think he cannot be quite well.
Enter Jack slowly from the back of the garden. He is dressed in the deepest...
When Jack tells Lady Bracknell that Cecily will be a rich woman, Lady Bracknell immediately changes her mind about Cecily and decides that she will be a suitable wife for Algernon.
Algernon's throwaway quip to Lane that "anyone can play [piano] accurately but I play with wonderful expression" is a good thumbnail of Wilde's philosophy of art. Wilde was heavily influenced by Walter Pater and the other aesthetes of the...