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- Algernon is pretending to be Jack's younger brother, Ernest, so he can win Cecily's heart. But Jack arrives and says his brother Ernest has just died.
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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.
- Act 3, Part 1
Gwendolen intends to give Jack and Algernon the silent...
- Act 3, Part 1
When Algernon appears in the doorway, Jack is furious, not only because Algernon is there, but also because he is disguised as Jack’s own invented, and now presumably dead, brother.
Gwendolen intends to give Jack and Algernon the silent treatment, but when the two men enter from the garden, Cecily demands to know why Algernon pretended to be Jack’s brother, “ Ernest.” Algernon replies that he masqueraded as “Ernest” so that he could meet her.
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...
The visiting Mr. Ernest Worthing is actually Algernon, masquerading as Jack’s nonexistent brother, who enters dressed to the nines and greets Cecily as his “little cousin.” When Cecily tells him Jack won’t be back until Monday, Algernon pretends surprise and disappointment.
Jack is overcome to know that he really does have an unfortunate scoundrel for a brother. He asks what his christened name was, and Lady Bracknell explains that it is Ernest John. So, Jack asserts that he had been speaking the truth all along: His name is Ernest, and he does have a brother.
She tells Algernon that her dream has always been to marry someone named Ernest because the name inspires such confidence. So, like Jack, Algernon decides he must be re-christened Ernest. Analysis. Act II expands on many of the motifs introduced in Act I, but adds new characters and targets for Wilde's satire.
