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Cecily Cardew. If Gwendolen is a product of London high society, Cecily is its antithesis. She is a child of nature, as ingenuous and unspoiled as a pink rose, to which Algernon compares her in Act 2. However, her ingenuity is belied by her fascination with wickedness.
- The Importance of Being Earnest: Cecily Cardew Quotes
Cecily confesses that she’s secretly in love with Ernest—in...
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- The Importance of Being Earnest: Cecily Cardew Quotes
Cecily confesses that she’s secretly in love with Ernest—in fact, she’s constructed an entire fictional world around this romance. Her self-deception makes the opportunity easier for Algernon to exploit her fantasy but harder to wiggle out of the lie.
For both women, appearances and style are important. Gwendolen must have the perfect proposal performed in the correct manner and must marry a man named Ernest simply because of the name's connotations. Cecily also craves appearance and style.
Jul 14, 2019 · Cecily and Gwendolen have highly romantic notions of marriage which are based on their ‘idea’ of what it should entail. However, both women go against the Victorian ideal of being a woman by taking charge in matters of their own engagements. Cecily has played the role of herself and ‘Ernest’ in their courtship and engagement:
Cecily picks up on Gwendolen's reference to "Ernest" and hastens to explain that her guardian is not Mr. Ernest worthing but his brother Jack. Gwendolen asks if she's sure, and Cecily reassures her, adding that, in fact, she is engaged to be married to Ernest Worthing.
Cecily Cardew, Jack's ward, and Gwendolen's rival for 'Ernest Worthing' appears at first to be the female ingenue character – that is, the innocent abroad. She is the youngest member of the cast at eighteen, regarded as a marriageable age by contemporary society.
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Jan 30, 2019 · Similar to Gwendolen, Miss Cecily has a “girlish dream” of marrying a man named Ernest. So, when Algernon poses as Ernest, Jack’s fictional brother, Cecily happily records his words of adoration in her diary. She confesses that she has imagined that they are engaged, years before they even met.
