Blog 1: Revised

This blog is the revised version of the one posted on july,4.

      This blog contains a summary and discussion based on “Notes on Love and Marriage: Perspectives from Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest,’” which was written by Michael Vance on May 2000. I will be evaluating Michael Vance’s reaction to Oscar Wilde’s.

        Based on the Michael Vance’s analysis, he states that Oscar Wilde is a self-described antinomian, one for whom the regular rules for society didn’t apply. The Importance of Being Ernest is a cleverly woven satire in which many of the rules, morays and, hypocritical practices and ideas of Wilde’s day were made a mockery. Through Wilde’s intention it shows that he exercise great skill but little knowledge on satire that he poked fun at many of society’s most sacred and untouchable institution. The plot of the play is marriage which makes a lot of sense since Wilde focuses on custom when two young men sought their marriage by their desperate and absurd ways. In other words they both lied that their names were Ernest in order to marry the ones they desire.

       Wilde’s play was merely based on marriage and power also which Vance fails to acknowledge. Lady Bracknell holds the most power in the play as to which all the decisions has to be made by her. Michael idea in his analysis is that marriage has nothing to do with happiness and romance and it is an unpleasant fact rather than a union of two people who are in love while Oscar Wilde's idea is that marriage two people should be honest with each other.