The Importance of Being Earnest.One of Oscar Wilde's most beloved, well-known and successful plays, "The Importance of Being Earnest", was written during the summer of 1894 in Worthing, England. It was first performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theater in London. Jack Worthing, the main character of the play, was found and adopted by a rich man, Thomas Cardew, in a handbag along a railway line where he was accidentally abandoned as an infant. All the respect given to him as a recognized member of the Victorian upper class is due only to his adoptive father's wealth. As the protagonist of the play he is expected to be a serious man to do justice to the title of the play, but it turned out that he was nowhere near that. Wilde used the character of Jack more as a tool to represent a set of ideas or attitudes. Jack's relatives and neighbors believe that he is a polite and productive member of a polite class that has a set of rules of behavior. Are they right to believe this? We'll get to that shortly. You can clearly see that Jack is a bit bossy. He acts like a big brother to Algernon, even before he knows he is one. As Cecily's guardian, he sets rules, even in guiding her studies, as we can see in the tutorial scene with Ms. Prism. He is also very good at advising, piece after piece: “you shouldn't read a private cigarette case, you shouldn't discuss modern culture, you shouldn't talk like a dentist”. Despite the high moral character that Jack made up for in society, he lived a lie. The real reason why Jack came to town is clearly explained in the first line of the play: Although at first Jack seems to be serious and serious... in the middle of the paper... the normal life that was led by Jack and Algernon is one of the main symbols of the work. It is the central metaphor of the work. Both Jack and Algernon's false personas are their way of escaping the burdensome responsibility of society. They also help them appear much more moral and responsible than they could ever be. I think this play is very funny and has a hidden message. All the epigrams in this play are Wilde's best to date. What message can we learn from the show? We all live a lie to some extent. We must recognize the ridiculous in our daily lives and we must understand that being sincere is not what others claim to be, but is being true to yourself. Rather than blindly believing and following, we must first sit and think about what is important and truthful, only then can we be serious.