1、The Importance of Being Earnest,王梦霞,Name: Oscar WildeNationality: IrelandBorn: 1854.10.16Death: 1900.11.30Career: writer, poet and artistFamous for: plays, poems, fictions and fairytales,A gifted scholar and dramatist,works,Complaining about the youth life is too boring, Jack told people around in t
2、he country he is going to visit his brother Earnest. In fact he leaves for nearby city. In the network Jack gave his name of Ernest. Later he fell in love with a girl Miss. Gwendolen but it was in hermothers stop because of his unknown identity.,No!,Happy Ending,Flashing Point,A bit of a farce comed
3、yContain the aestheticism(唯美主义）Rich in moral values (道德观）Expression with double meanings,Highlight,You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced everyone as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You are the most earnest looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd of y
4、ou saying that your name is not Ernest.,你一直跟我说你叫认真 我告诉别人你叫认真 别人叫你认真你也答应 我一生见过的人里面你最认真 你的名字不叫认真简直荒谬透了,Page 154,Equivoque（双关语）,Ernest: The name of the protagonistearnest: Meaning of careful,My View,Marriage is not a trifling matter and we shall not treat marriage as a business about family background
5、or social class, etc. The true love should be earnest just like the name of the leading character “Ernest”.,何谓认真，所谓认真只是人对一种精神上的一种体现，某种意义上来讲，在人以一种真实态度面对一件事情的时候过度集中，成功与否，只是一种体现.,What is earnest? The so-called earnestly is an embodiment of spiritual. In a sense, it is in a person with a true attitude in the face of a thing when excessive concentration. Success, is a kind of embodiment.Oscar Wilde,Thank you,
