Importance of Being Earnest

1. There is a lot of dishonesty in The Importance of Being Earnest. There is dishonesty for pleasure, humor, and relating back to the title of the book. Algernon and Jack both create fake people to go get away and avoid situations. Algernon has a good friend "Mr. Bunbury" who always needs visiting when he is invited to dinner with Lady Bracknell. Jack's brother "Ernest" lives in the city so Jack goes to the city to visit him every once in a while. They both fall in love with girls under the name of "Ernest", a name which both girls absoultely love.

2. I think the author shows there is a lot of lying and dishonesty everywhere, but it doesn't get you very far. The way some of the characters spoke and some of the words they chose made you think that they were starting to catch onto some of Algernon's and Jack's lies. I couldn't tell whether the author was promoting it or against it though because of all the humor he put into each character when they lied. Also for the fact that they characters lied all the time.