![]() ![]() In Act 2, Part 2, Cecily tells Algernon her reasons for wishing to marry a man named Ernest, and they are remarkably similar to Gwendolen's:Ĭecily: You must not laugh at me, darling, but it has always been a girlish dream of mine to love someone whose name was Ernest. ![]() As Jack anticipates, Gwendolen and Cecily do begin calling each other sister shortly after meeting, and, as Algernon predicts, they call each other plenty of other things first. Jack and Algernon's statements at the beginning of the play turn out to be remarkably accurate. Gwendolen: You will call me sister, will you not? Gwendolen: My poor wounded Cecily! Cite this Quote Later on in Act 2, Part 2, when the women learn of Jack and Algernon's deception, they immediately become close allies: Cite this QuoteĬecily: Do you suggest, Miss Fairfax, that I entrapped Ernest into an engagement? How dare you? This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. ![]() Gwendolen: Do you allude to me, Miss Cardew, as an entanglement? You are presumptuous. The two women are initially fond of each other, but once they learn that they are both engaged to Ernest Worthing, they begin to trade insults and snide remarks: This conversation foreshadows the encounter that eventually occurs between Cecily and Gwendolen in Act 2, Part 2. ![]()
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