Jack Worthing

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Jack Worthing is the respectable yet secretly duplicitous protagonist of Oscar Wilde’s comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest," known for leading a double life under the name Ernest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
alsoKnownAs Ernest NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Importance of Being Earnest NERFINISHED
authorNationality Irish (Oscar Wilde)
characterTrait duplicitous
respectable
createdBy Oscar Wilde NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) NERFINISHED
foundAsInfantIn handbag
foundAtLocation Victoria Station NERFINISHED
cloakroom at Victoria Station
friendOf Algernon Moncrieff NERFINISHED
gender male
genreOfWork comedy of manners
guardianOf Cecily Cardew NERFINISHED
hasAlias Ernest NERFINISHED
hasDoubleLifeLocation city (as Ernest)
country (as Jack)
languageOfWork English
leadsDoubleLifeAs Ernest NERFINISHED
loveInterest Gwendolen Fairfax NERFINISHED
medium stage play
nationalityInFiction English
occupation landowner
pretendsToBe Ernest in London
raisedBy Thomas Cardew NERFINISHED
realGivenName Ernest (revealed at end) NERFINISHED
relatedTo Algernon Moncrieff (as brother, revealed) NERFINISHED
residence Hertfordshire countryside NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
roleInWork protagonist of The Importance of Being Earnest
settingOfActivity Victorian England NERFINISHED
socialStatus respectable gentleman
symbolizes critique of earnestness
themeAssociation Victorian morality
deception
identity
ward Cecily Cardew NERFINISHED

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