Question

Who is the main protagonist leading a double life in The Importance of Being Earnest?

• A. Algernon Moncrieff
• B. Jack Worthing
• C. Lady Bracknell
• D. Dr. Chasuble

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Jack Worthing

Jack Worthing

• The play’s protagonist. Jack Worthing is a seemingly responsible and respectable young man who leads a double life.

• In Hertfordshire, where he has a country estate, Jack is known as Jack. In London he is known as Ernest.

• As a baby, Jack was discovered in a handbag in the cloakroom of Victoria Station by an old man who adopted him and subsequently made Jack guardian to his granddaughter, Cecily Cardew.

• Jack is in love with his friend Algernon’s cousin, Gwendolen Fairfax. The initials after his name indicate that he is a Justice of the Peace.