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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts several of the themes in the plays “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “Dr. Faustus.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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a tragedy so profound it has inspired countless adaptations. This paper explores the way that the two plays comment on the themes of ambition, deceit, and completion. Discussion Because its
difficult to immediately think of a connection between the plays, it might help to consider each one very briefly. Earnest is a comedy about two young men, Algernon Moncrieff and
his friend John Worthing, and their romantic misadventures as they attempt to woo and win the girls they love. One of the main points of the play is that Algernon
has created an imaginary friend named "Bunbury" who is always in extremely ill health; with Bunburys latest relapse as an excuse, Algernon is able to escape from London whenever he
likes. Dr. Faustus, on the other hand, is the story of a scholar who becomes enamored of black magic, and sells his soul to the devil in order to
enjoy a life of luxury. A scholar, he wants to solve all the mysteries of the universe, and is willing to accept eternal damnation to do so. What are the
points of similarity in these two very different works? In the very broadest terms, both plays involve ambition, deceit, and completion, and both provide information about the society in which
the characters move. But the ways in which the authors treat their subject are vastly different. Lets consider ambition first. The character who is probably the most ambitious in The
Importance of Being Earnest is Lady Bracknell, who has a detailed checklist of the qualities that she wants any future son-in-law of hers to possess. She interviews young men who
are interested in her daughter Gwendolyn, and dismisses immediately anyone she deems unsuitable. Her examination of Jack Worthing is a comic delight. In the Wilde play, ambition is treated satirically;
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