Question

What is significant about Jack's story about being discovered in an ordinary handbag lost in the

Answer 1

Answer:

His story allows the reader to sympathize with his situation

Explanation:

According to The Importance of Being Earnest, the significance of Jack being discovered in an ordinary handbag lost in the cloakroom of a railroad station at birth is the revelation of how he was abandoned as a child in a railway station so as not to be found.

His story helps to arouse sympathy for his situation.

Answer 2

His story symbolizes both his ambiguous social status during the play, and the possibility of his social mobility.

I know this from experience.