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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe explains the main characters in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Jack Worthing | Adopted as an infant, Jack Worthing is a rich, young bachelor with no known family; he lives a double life. Read More |
| Algernon Moncrieff | Algernon Moncrieff is a young, pleasure-seeking bachelor from a good family. Read More |
| Gwendolen Fairfax | Gwendolen Fairfax is Algernon's first cousin, Lady Bracknell's daughter, and Jack's beloved. Read More |
| Cecily Cardew | Cecily Cardew is Jack's beautiful 18-year-old ward. Read More |
| Lady Bracknell | Lady Augusta Bracknell is Gwendolen's mother and Algernon's aunt. Read More |
| Dr. Chasuble | Dr. Chasuble is a well-meaning but bumbling clergyman at the parish near Jack's country home. |
| Lane | Lane is Algernon's servant. |
| Merriman | Merriman is the butler at Jack's country home. |
| Miss Prism | Miss Laetitia Prism is Cecily's governess and was (unknown until the end of the play) Jack's nurse before she misplaced him when he was a baby. |
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