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1、TheImportanceofBeingEarnest英文读书报告 ABriefIntroductionoftheAuthor OscarWildeisanIrishauthor,playwrightandpoet.Hepublishedhisfirstbookin1881andleftalotofvaluablespiritualwealthforpeople.Knownforhisbitingwitandglitteringconversation,Wildehasmanyquotesspreadintheworld.Hehimselfisalsobraveeno
2、ughtostruggleforhishappinessanddaredtobeamaverick,justaswhathewrote:“Idon’twanttoearnmyliving;Iwanttolive”,“Toloveoneselfisthebeginningofalifelongromance”andsoon. ABriefIntroductionofthePlay TheImportanceofBeingEarnestisitisafarcicalcomedyinwhichthemaincharactersmaintainfictitiousperson
3、toescapeburdensomesocialobligations.Thesquire,JohnWorthing,cometoLondontovisithisbestfriend,AlgernonMoncrieff,whothinkshisnameisErnest.Infact,Jack’sattentionistoseehislover,Gwendolen,andproposetoher.AlgernonfindsoutJack’srealidentity,thenhegoestocountrywiththepseudonymErnestandfallsinlove
4、withCecily,Jack’sward.BothtwoladiessaytheylovethenameErnest.However,thefraudofthename“Ernest”isexposedanditseemsthetwocouplescannotgetmarried.Fortunately,theyfinallyfindoutthatJackisactuallythesonofGeneralMoncrieffandhecouldinherithisholyname,Ernest.Intheendoftheplay,thehappycouplesembrac
5、eandJacksays,“I’venowrealizedforthefirsttimeinmylifetheVitalImportanceofBeingEarnest.” DifferentViewsofMarriageinthePlay MarriageisoneofthemostimportantthemesintheImportanceofBeingEarnest,butmarriagedosenotmeanthesamethingtomaincharacters.Thequestionofthenatureofmarriageappearssooninthe
6、conversationbetweenJackandAlgernon,theydisputewhethermarriageisa“pleasure”or“business”-Algernonsays“AmanwhomarrieswithoutknowingBunburyhasaverytedioustimeofit”whileJackmocks“Howunromanticyouare”.Indeed,marriageisonlyalovelessdutytoAlgernon,buttoJack,itisanexpressionofloveandhesayshewouldb
7、eloyaltoGwendolenforever. Asfortheladies,CecilyandGwendolenareallromanticaboutmarriage,theythinktheyare“destined”toloveamancalledErnest.Cecilyfallsinlovewiththebad boyErnestevenshehasneverseenhimandsecretlyengagedwithhim.However,GwendolenisalittledifferentfromCeci