In Oscar Wilde's play, “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a melodramatic play from the Victorian era. This comedy is very honest and frank. It is a satire, a comedy of errors and an intellectual farce. There are two main characters, Algernon and Jack. Jack Worthing, is known by Jack when he lives on his country estate, but when he goes to town, to London; creates a fictional character called "Earnest". Algernon created a fictional character called "Bunbury". Algernon uses Bunbury to get him out of previous commitments. This helps him get out of the house and clear his head whenever he wants. Although both characters' situations are different, they both created an "alter-ego" to help them move away from their lives and also live another life. They are best friends; both have the same social background, class and taste. Between Jack and Algernon, Jack takes his life more seriously; he creates a fictional character that helps him keep his image of being humble and respectable intact but in truth it is in vain. On the other hand, Algernon is true to himself and goes against Victorian values. But society still loves him as they accept that he is not formal, conservative or proper and that he is rude but is funny, witty and intelligent. Although Wilde creates two characters in Jack and Algernon who are similar in social class, age, tastes, etc., he also carefully creates subtle character differences between them that create conflict and humor in the play. Algernon falls in love with Cecily, Jack's niece and Jack is in love with Gwendolen, Algernon's cousin. Algernon and Jack seem very similar on the surface, having some of the same ideologies, love for their romantic partners, and the same reaction when... middle of paper... her. Jack and Algernon look similar and in some cases they are, but there are some differences that make the comedy entertaining and climatic. Jack, even though he plays him, turns out to be immoral and hypocritical and Algernon turns out to be immoral and honest. One of the moral paradoxes that “The Importance of Being Earnest” seems to express is the idea that the perfectly moral man is the man who professes to be immoral, who truly speaks by virtue of the fact that he admits that he is essentially a liar. Both Jack and Algernon want to be "Ernest" but it's actually a play on words. Women love the name because they think men are serious! The main conflict in the play is hypocrisy and the whole idea of ​​Jack and Algernon going against the normal conventions of being a hypocrite. Algernon's ideologies about marriage, food, women, and love are what bring humor to the show.