Wilde is such an incredible writer. The Importance of Being Earnest is a lighthearted playexploring the concept of a false identity where both protagonists, Jack and Algernon face implications of having crafted themselves the identity of ‘Earnest’, an ironic play on words for to be earnest is to be truthful. Though only a play, Wilde still managed to weave in stand out moments of poetic language that shone in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a pleasant surprise given The Importance of Being Earnest is but a comedic play. Given the magnitude of the tomes I am currently reading (War and Peace and The Faerie Queene), such brief lighthearted escape to a play such as this is much valued.