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1、11895THEIMPORTANCEOFBEINGEARNESTOscarWildeWilde,Oscar(1854-1900)-AnIrish-bornEnglishpoet,novelist,andplaywright.Consideredaneccentric,hewastheleaderoftheaestheticmovementthatadvocated“artforart’ssake”andwasonceimprisonedfortwoyearswithhardlaborforhomosexualpractices.TheImportanceofBei
2、ngEarnest(1895)-Subtitled,“ATrivialComedyforSeriousPeople,”thisplayisoftenconsideredWilde’smasterpiece.Basedonamisunderstandingoverthename“Ernest,”itisanattackonearnestness.2THEPERSONSOFTHEPLAYJOHNWORTHING,J.P.ALGERNONMONCRIEFFREV.CANONCHASUBLE,D.D.MERRIMAN,BUTLERLANE,MANSERVANTLADYBR
3、ACKNELLHON.GWENDOLENFAIRFAXCECILYCARDEWMISSPRISM,GOVERNESSTHESCENESOFTHEPLAYACT.I,AlgernonMoncrieff’sFlatinHalf-MoonStreet,W.ACT.II,TheGardentheattheManorHouse,Woolton.ACTIII,Morning-roomattheManorHouse,Woolton.Time,ThePresent.FIRSTACTSCENE-Morning-roominAlgernon’sflatinHalf-MoonStree
4、t.Theroomisluxuriouslyandartisticallyfurnished.Thesoundofapianoisheardintheadjoiningroom.[Laneisarrangingafternoonteaonthetable,andafterthemusichasceased,Algernonenters.]ALGDidyouhearwhatIwasplaying,Lane?LANEIdidn’tthinkitpolitetolisten,sir.ALGI’msorryforthat,foryoursake.Idon’tplayacc
5、urately-anyonecanplayaccurately-butIplaywithwonderfulexpression.Asfarasthepianoisconcerned,sentimentismyforte.IkeepscienceforLife.LANEYes,sir.ALGAnd,speakingofthescienceofLife,haveyougotthecucumbersandwichescutforLadyBracknell?LANEYes,sir.[Handsthemonasalver.]ALG[Inspectsthem,takestwo
6、,andsitsdownonthesofa.]Oh!...bytheway,Lane,IseefromyourbookthatonThursdaynight,whenLordShoremanandMr.Worthingwerediningwithme,eightbottlesofchampagneareenteredashavingbeenconsumed.LANEYes,sir;eightbottlesandapint.3ALGWhyisitthatatabachelor’sestablishmenttheservantsinvariablydrinkthech
7、ampagne?Iaskmerelyforinformation.LANEIattributeittothesuperiorqualityofthewine,sir.Ihaveoftenobservedthatinmarriedhouseholdsthechampagneisrarelyofafirst-ratebrand.ALGGoodHeavens!Ismarriagesodemoralisingasthat?LANEIbelieveitisaverypleasantstate,sir.Ihavehadverylittleexperienceofitmysel
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