I
choose this literary work become my final project because this drama is quite
interesting with the main character, and his friend. They have humor nature and
the plot is funny When Gwendelon and Cecily know they was proposed by same
people who has same name, Ernest. And the the end I choose this drama because,
the title is so classic I think, but the story I think when someone watch drama,
they will not feel bored.
This
is my first time watch English drama. This drama is a kind of comedy because
this drama offend upper class in Victorian era. Which take easy on life. I
found one favorite quotation from this drama.
“All
woman become like her mother. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.”
(Wilde, t:00:30:48 )
Why
this statement was interest for me because it is confusing, why if the daughters become like mother, is there
something wrong? And why no man does? As we know that they talked about
Gwendelon’s future, because Earnest did not want she become like her mother,
Lady Bracknell and Algernon answer like that. But I think it is a little bit
right, because someone (women) almost grow become like her mother, and it mean
they don’t have their own personality, that is why it is become tragedy. And we
know that no man grow become like their mother because that is their destiny,
they were born as a man, and it cause they will not grow like her mother.
However that statement was only a joke from Algernon Moncrieff.
I
will tell you a little bit about this drama, it wrote in 1894, and was written
by Oscar Wild. The story it was about Jack, who has two names, Ernest in town
and Jack in country. When Ernest came in Algernon’s house in that house finally
Algernon knew Ernest had two names. When Lady Bracknell and her daughter came,
Ernest proposed Gwendelon, she accepted it. But her mother Lady Bracknell did not
allow that when she knew Ernest was an orphan.
In
the country side, there were Ms. Prims and Cecily. Ms. Prism was a teacher who was paid
by Ernest to teached Cecily. Cecily was granddaughter of Thomas Cardew who
adopted Earnest, he wanted Earnest became a guardian of Cecily. Soon after,
Algernon came to Cecily’s house but he admitted his name was Ernest Worthing.
And in Cecily’s mind Ernest Worthing was a young brother of his guardian, Jack.
Algernon fell in love with Cecily and proposed her. She accepted him.
After
that Gwendelon came to Cecily’s house. Because she had promised with Ernest
(Jack) when she in Algernon’s house she would come to Ernest’s house in the
country. But they found, both of them had been engage with person who had a
same name, Ernest. When Ernest and Algernon reappear, Cecily and Gwendelon knew they was cheated.
Afterwards
Lady Bracknell came to Cecily’s house and so shocked because she knew Algernon
had been engage with Cecily, but she gave bless to them. When Ms. Prism
returned and they talked about missing baby, and finally all people in that
room knew Jack was young brother from Algernon. So finally this story was happy
ending.
Now
I am going to explain the characterizations of this drama. Ernest
Worthing, is a protagonist actually, the proof is he protect Cecily perfectly.
The weakness is he lie to people about his name. He has two identities, Ernest
in city, and Jack in country.
Gwendelon
Firefax, was a protagonist character but has a little arrogance. But she had
brave nature because she does not follow her mother advice for kept away from
Ernest. The proof was when she said to Ernest “But Although she (her mother)
prevent us from becoming man and wife
and I may marry someone else and marry often, nothing that she can alter my
eternal devotion to you” (Wilde, t:00:33:28)
Algernon
Moncrieff. He was a Ernest’s best friend, he is really smart young man because
he can played a piano so good actually. He likes to be modest. The proof was
when he said to his butler about his piano performance was not good. But not
like that actually, and he had humor nature.
Lady
Bracknell, was Gwendelon’s mother she was protagonist actually because she
wants the best man for her daughter. But the reason for refuse Ernest is
nonsense. She was aristocrat, it mean she was upper class.
Ms.
Prism was good character she teached Cecily goodly. But she was ungainly
person, because she still single in old age. The proof was in the last when she
says “Mr. Ernest I am unmarried”. (Wilde, t:01:38:25)
Cecily
Cardew, was a young woman. The granddaughter of Thomas Cardew and protected by
Ernest. She was a smart woman actually.
Dr.
Chasuble, was a old man. He had a sense of humor. But in this drama he only a
helper actor.
From
this drama, I found several facts. First, from the beginning of this drama I
found that Ernest started to lie to everyone, such as : Algernon, Cecily,
Gwendelon, Ms. Prism, etc. He lied about his name to All of people in that
drama, after that he lied because he admitted did not recognize the people who
had name Cecily to Algernon, and he also lied about his brother to Cecily.
Second, Ernest Worthing loved whole people in this drama so much. Third, Ernest
worthing was a person who had a responsibility especially to Cecily. Fourth,
Ernest Worthing was Friendly because he had many friends in town and in the
country.
From
that facts, we know that Ernest Worthing is a good character actually, but he
lied to everyone. And I will tell you why he lied to everyone whereas he was a
good character in this drama.
First,
why did Jack hide his identity? I think it was because made him easier to went
to country and went to town. Because as
we know he had responsibility to Cecily. May be for easier to went out from
Cecily house he made two identities and made another character to Cecily’s
mind, the character was Earnest Worthing.
Second,
why did Ernest admit did not recognize the people who had name Cecily to
Algernon? As we know that Earnest told Algernon he wanted Gwendelon became her
wife. Therefore in my opinion, it was only his spontanity to answer Algernon’s
question Because if he admitted he knew her, the situation was going to
crucial, and made him must explained many thing. Even thought, finally he
clarified everything.
Third,
why did he admit Ernest Worthing which actually the character who made by
himself was die? Because he had proposed Gwendelon. As we know that in that
story when Algernon came to Cecily’s house, she admitted her guardian’s brother
(Ernest Worthing) previously sent her love letter and their relationship has
ended. Which I think that from Jack Worthing, because Algernon did not know
Cecily before and after he proposed Gwendelon, he wanted Cecily to did not save
a hope to Ernest Worthing, and he made a decision to stop their relationship.
Return
to my thesis statement why he lied to
everyone actually he was a good character. I take excerpt from sparknotes, “the
fictional brother is Jack’s alibi, his excuse for disappearing from
Hertfordshire and going off to London to escape his responsibilities and
indulge in exactly the sort of behavior he pretends to disapprove of in his
brother”. Thus, from this excerpt we know that Ernest hide his identity for
escape his responsibility.
Website
of psychology put B. F. Skinner’s quotation as a psychologist, he said that active
behavior that operates upon the environment to generate consequences (1953). From
that excerpt we know that everyone who get something from their environment
will do something and make a consequences to his self. it mean that everyone attitude
was influenced by their environment, such as their society, their friends or their
condition. What they do or how their personality grow, his environment has a
contribution to them.
This
drama was written in Victorian era. In that era there were three social classes
upper class, middle class and working place. We can see Lady Bracknell was
aristocrat and she include upper class, and Jack was from middle class because
he did not have job better than Lady Bracknell family and he was an orphan.
Lady Bracknell did not accept Earnest became her daughter’s husband because he
was an orphan she wanted someone who proposed her daughter was distinct where
he came from. We can see there was a difference about upper class and another
class, because another class was lower than upper class.
His
first falsehood made him continued his another falsehood. First he hide his
identity, because of it he must made another identity. Thus, he had two
identities, Jack and Ernest, as we know Ernest was his imaginary brother from
Jack. Because he lied about his brother he must lied again to removed his
imaginary brother from Cecily’s mind. We can see every people who doing
falsehood are going to do another falsehood.
Now
I can get the conclusion why Earnest lied to everyone whereas he was a good
character in this drama. Because He was only a young man, but he got more
responsibility than another young man. He must kept Cecily, and so many people
dependent to him. And as we know that in that story, Wilde decribe there was difference between upper class and middle
class. And we know before he knew his true family, Jack worthing was from middle
class because he was not aristocrat, he was an orphan and he did not know who was
his parent. We can see he had pressure in his own self that was must kept
Cecily and condition about upper and another class made him lied to everyone.
If
Sigmud Freud as a Psychologist introduced about ‘unconscious mind’. I think that
Jack Worthing, made his another identity (Ernest) it was not from his
unconscious mind, but he do it with his conscious mind. therefore Jack did lie
because pressure from his condition like a theory which introduced by Skinner.
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