Earnesty?

This play was extremely intriguing. It was a simple, but yet intricate story of irony that worked out perfectly for "the earnest jack." I loved the ending because it was unexpected. I definitely did not expect everyone to be almost interrelated. The whole time during the course of the play Jack was living a life he felt like he should be living, and in return it worked in his favor. With in being true to himself and not really to anyone else, he was later rewarded with the answered question of his life. The way this piece flowed made it simple to stay connected to the characters and not get confused eventhough their relationships were somewhat complicated.
The title of the play really led me to think that the relations within it would have been of a more serious matter, but in reality it was just about being truthful and how a web of lies will eventually lead you and the others around you to the truth. In realtiy, Jack's fascination with Gwendolen led him to his other identity and to the truth about where he came from. It was most extraodinary to think that Jack was Algernon's brother and Lady Bracknell's nephew.
Most of the people affiliated with Jack always thought of him as an Ernest, therefore it is interesting to think that when he confessed about his name being Jack, that his appearance as an Ernest will automatically diminish. Gwendolen says how she could never really love a man with such a name as Jack, which is common for John, because it isn't eccentric or intriguing at the least. It makes me think how one's name can really change anothers perception of that person. Algernon and Gwendolen fell for Ernest, whereas Cecily Cardew new him as Jack.
When Jack admits to loving Gwendolen and wishes to propose, it seems that the result of this causes a subtle realization to Algernon. A realization that he too wants to marry. In thinking about what Jack has said about Cecily he takes the initiative to go to the country to meet her as in another identity. Algernon and Jack have the same characteristcs, they are both deceitful for their own benefit. It is interesting that they are so similar because that is even more realized when we discover that they are brothers.
This romanticized relationship that Cecily has developed with an unexistant character of Ernest is extremely interesting. She has married herself off to a man that really does not exist in name. These characters have embraced an identity that is purely sensualized. In either sense Jack, who began the identity of Ernest, comes out on top with the "Hollywood" ending. Yet, with all the intricacies of the relationships, it is possible that there are still some hidden truths; not necessarily about Ernest, but possibly about any other character.
By the way, the man on the cover of the book looks most sincerely EARNEST!