The Importance of Being Earnest | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

John Worthing - This character has an imaginary brother in the city.

Lady Augusta Bracknell - This character initially opposes Jack's marriage with her daughter, Gwendolen.

Cecily Cardew - This character keeps a diary that is "meant for publication."

Canon Frederick Chasuble - This man is absurdly pedantic, although he is absurdly inarticulate.

Miss Laetitia Prism - This character once left another major character in a cloak room of Victoria Station.

Gwendolen Fairfax - This woman impetuously travels to Jack's residence in Woolton.

Lane - This character routinely denigrates his own dull existence.