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Read an in-depth analysis of Cecily Cardew. The two major confrontations at the end of Act 2, between Cecily and Gwendolen and between Jack and Algernon, are both rooted in the fictions all four characters have created, believed, or perpetuated.
Algernon. But you have just said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins. Jack. I said it was perfectly heartless of you, under the circumstances. That is a very different thing. Algernon. That may be. But the muffins are the same. [He seizes the muffin-dish from Jack.] Jack. Algy, I wish to goodness you would go. Algernon.
Jack and Algernon must pretend to reconcile and switch identities in order to preserve their alter egos. Though Jack resists this transition, the relative ease with which Algernon becomes “Ernest” marks the fluid nature of name and identity in the play.
Both men accuse each other of deceiving the women in their lives, and Jack says that Algernon cannot marry Cecily because he has been deceptive to her. Alternatively, Algernon accuses Jack of engaging in deception toward his cousin, Gwendolen.
Algernon has two reasons for suspecting Ernest's identity, and they reveal his use of both deductive and inductive logic. First, Algy is in possession of Ernest's cigarette...
Algernon proclaims his undying affection while Cecily copies his words in her diary. Algernon asks Cecily to marry him, and she agrees. In fact, she agrees readily because she has made up an entire romantic story of their courtship and engagement.
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Mar 22, 2024 · Algernon. Yes. But why does your aunt call you her uncle? ‘From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack.’ There is no objection, I admit, to an aunt being a small aunt, but why an aunt, no matter what her size may be, should call her own nephew her uncle, I can’t quite make out.
