Importance of Being Earnest: Act II The first few lines of Act II portray Cecily as almost the female equivalent of Algernon. She is lofty, arrogant, and full of witticisms. As characterization goes, she is ideally suited to be with Algernon, as we see in their conversation alone together early in the act. She speaks in a number of epigrams, just like Algernon. Finally, she too is prone to easily give in to her own …showed first 75 words of 569 total…

…showed last 75 words of 569 total…on Dr. Chasuble's intellectual jokes and Cecily's sublime dreams of her future marriage potential. Indeed, Miss Prism also once had dreams about becoming a great English novelist. The country scene is one of slow-paced lifestyles, learning, and dreams of greatness. But pointedly, no one is completely satisfied with either city or country; Ernest creates "Ernest" to get himself to the city and Algernon creates "Bunb! ury" to get himself out of the city. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**