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Jack reveals to Algernon he has two identities: Jack in the country and Ernest in town.
Act 1, Section 2Jack proposes to Gwendolen; her mother, Lady Bracknell, blocks the couple because Jack is an orphan.
Act 1, Section 3Cecily and Gwendolen discover they are both engaged to Ernest Worthing and get angry.
Act 2, Section 5The lovers reconcile, but the women insist on the men being named Ernest.
Act 3, Section 1Lady Bracknell reveals Miss Prism to be guilty of losing Lady Bracknell's infant nephew decades ago.
Act 3, Section 2| Section | Summary |
|---|---|
| Act 1, Section 1 | Lane is setting up for tea while Algernon Moncrieff plays the piano in the next room. Algernon finishes and enters the m... Read More |
| Act 1, Section 2 | As Algernon and Ernest talk, they eat the food Lane had set out. When Ernest asks who is coming to tea, Algernon says th... Read More |
| Act 1, Section 3 | Lane ushers in Lady Bracknell, who is Algernon's Aunt Augusta, and Gwendolen, his cousin. Lady Bracknell mentions a frie... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 1 | When Act 2 opens at the Manor House, Jack's country estate, Miss Prism tries to get Cecily Cardew to study her German. C... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 2 | Merriman announces Mr. Ernest Worthing has arrived. Algernon enters, pretending to be Jack's brother Ernest. He and Ceci... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 3 | Miss Prism and Dr. Chasuble return, talking about marriage. Miss Prism argues unmarried men need to realize they present... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 4 | Merriman enters, announcing he has put away Algernon's (Ernest's) luggage. Algernon says he'll be staying for a week. Ja... Read More |
| Act 2, Section 5 | Cecily is alone for only a moment before Merriman announces Miss Fairfax's arrival. Gwendolen enters, and the two women ... Read More |
| Act 3, Section 1 | After Gwendolen and Cecily give Jack and Algernon the silent treatment, they ask the men why they assumed the false iden... Read More |
| Act 3, Section 2 | Lady Bracknell returns, disrupting this happy state of affairs. She tells Gwendolen that she and Jack are not engaged. S... Read More |
| Act 3, Section 3 | Dr. Chasuble enters, ready to christen Jack and Algernon. Lady Bracknell scorns the idea. Dr. Chasuble is sorry to hear ... Read More |
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