The Importance of Being Earnest

In this blog I will give a summerazation of The Importance of Being Earnest according to  Notes on Love and Marriage by Michael Vance. Micheal Vance uses charector interactions to analyze the scenes that Oscar Wilde is attempting to portray. These interactions with one another we are able to find one of the most essential themes throughout this play which is marriage, and how the view of it varies amongst the charectors. An example of this would be Vance quoting Alegrnon when he states "I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll try to forget the fact"(Algernon) According to Vance this clearly means that marriage is the end of all romance. He later gives Lady Blackwell as an example of how these charectors viewed marriage as not exactly the happiest time in a persons life. When she discribes her friend and later how another friend seemed to be damaged after being married. I do agree with Vances analysis on these charectors and how they view marriage. Neither of them take it very seriously and describe marriage as a contract rather than a commitment of love.