Question

In "The Importance of Being Earnest", Jack and Algernon clearly have a preoccupation with food. In this lesson, you explored the deeper meaning of this preoccupation. Using what you learned in this lesson and what you have read in the text, discuss how food serves as a symbol for obedience to impulse and the pursuit of pleasure. How does this symbol help Oscar Wilde to comment on and satirize society?

Answer 1

In "The Importance of Being Earnest", Jack and Algernon clearly have a preoccupation with food. The food serves as a symbol for obedience to impulse and the pursuit of pleasure because the excerpt clearly demonstrated how food can invigorate and quench the hungriness of a human.