Reading commentaries

At first I didn´t understand the story very well because the dialogue between Jack and Algernon was a little confuse.

The story is in another century and people acted and spoke in a different way than today.

Then I started to understand the love stories between the two young couples and I was curious to know if they would be together in the end.

Some words are difficult, but with the help of the dictionary, I can understand better.

 by Ana Marta

First Session

I started now reading the play ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’.


In the beginning, it was a bit of a mess… I had to read at least three times to understand the first scene. I did not know that it would be a little hard to understand, the expressions and the dialogue. Nevertheless, now I am enjoying it.


Today I read until the part of the cigarette case. I will explain... Until now, I think that this is one of the importance scenes of this play.
Algernon discovered that Ernest has a double life. He discovered it because he found Ernest’s cigarette case and inside it there was a note: ‘ From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack’. Algernon asked why Cecily called him Jack if his name is Ernest Worthing. At the end we understand that he is Jack in the country and Ernest in town


What is going to happen? Why does he have a double life? Who is Cecily? I want to to find out!


The scene-Cigarette Case

 by Rita C.