home study :act 2 analysis

In this play ,oscar Wilde intelligently plays out the lives of characters in there different statuses ,weather it being a teacher a butler or a wealthy man with a hidden identity .along the play we continuously see the hypocrisy and false beliefs of  the characters in the Victorian  era ,mainly,in act 2 we take a look at the conversations between cecily and Mrs prism .This scene is set in the manor garden ,jacks house and Mrs prism is sitting at the table with books trying to teach cecily German .she refuses to learn and says that 'it isn't at all a becoming language' ,this informs us that she feels that being educated ,especially in a language isnt very important to her .we also have insights on this because at first she waters the plants rather then sitting and learning with her governess.

Along the further lines in conversation ,Dr chasuble walks in and Mrs prism stands up and blushes ,this also shows us that there is some attraction between the two them .Cecily then mentions that mrs prism has a 'headache',she says this because she can see by mrs prisms change in tone ,that she ovibiously feels something for dr chasuble .from act 2 ,we learn the traits of both there personality,the fact cecily doesn't see her German classes important and Mrs prism , obviously displaying that she feels a certain way when dr chasuble walks in .


further more ,from what i viewed of the second act , Mrs prism seemed more or less deeply interested in cecily doing well in her education and concentrating ,while cecily goes on to talk about how 'unfortunate' it is for jack ,whom is too serious .she states that his brother would have greater influence on him ,what was very peculiar of this quote was that earnest is already seen as the troublesome brother ,from cecily's interest in that sort of persona and not a sensible man we have an insight on the fact that she likes a bit of excitement and mystery , .