The Importance of Being Earnest - Key Quotations Flashcards
ACT 1 - “Really, if the _____ ______ don’t ___ __ a ____ ______, what on _____ is the ___ __ ____?” - Algernon
“Really, if the LOWER ORDERS don’t SET US a GOOD EXAMPLE, what on EARTH is the USE OF THEM?”
ACT 1 - “The truth is ______ ____ and _____ ______” - Algernon
“The truth is RARELY PURE and NEVER SIMPLE”
ACT 1 - “You can hardly imagine that I and ____ _________ would dream of allowing our ____ ________ - a girl _______ __ with the ______ ____ - to _____ into a _________, and form an ________ with a ______?” - Lady Bracknell “[______ out in ________ ___________]”
“You can hardly imagine that I and LORD BRACKNELL would dream of allowing our ONLY DAUGHTER - a girl BROUGHT UP with the UTMOST CARE - to MARRY into a CLOAKROOM, and form an ALLIANCE with a PARCEL?” Lady Bracknell “[SWEEPS out in MAJESTIC INDIGNATION]”
ACT 1 - “The ___-_________ _______ for the _____ is ____ _____ ___” - Gwendolyn
“The OLD-FASHIONED RESPECT for the YOUNG is FAST DYING OUT”
ACT 1 - “But your ____ is ______” - Gwendolyn
“But your NAME is ERNEST”
ACT 1 - “Oh, that is ________, ____. You _____ ____ ________ ___ ________” - Jack
“Oh, that is NONSENSE, ALGY. You NEVER TALK ANYTHING BUT NONSENSE”
ACT 1 - “A ___ who _______ _______ _______ _______ has a ____ _______ ____ of __” - Algernon
“A MAN who MARRIES WITHOUT KNOWING BUNBURY has a VERY TEDIOUS TIME of IT”
ACT 1 - “I am ____ __ _____ of __________… I ____ to ________ we had a ___ _____ ____” - Jack
“I am SICK TO DEATH of CLEVERNESS… I WISH to GOODNESS we had a FEW FOOLS LEFT”
ACT 2 - “You ____ ____ __ ______, will you ___?” - Gwendolen
“You WILL CALL ME SISTER, will you NOT?”
ACT 2 - “My ________ was _____ from ____” - Dr. Chasuble
“My METAPHOR was DRAWN from BEES”
ACT 2 - “____ is ______ seen at the ____ ______ ________” - Gwendolen
“CAKE is RARELY seen at the BEST HOUSES NOWADAYS”
ACT 2 - “I ____ you have not been _______ a ______ ____, __________ to be ______ and being ______ ____ ___ ___ ____. That would be _________” - Cecily
“I HOPE you have not been LEADING a DOUBLE LIFE, PRETENDING to be WICKED and being REALLY GOOD ALL THE TIME. That would be HYPOCRISY”
ACT 2 - “I _____ ____ upon ___ ____” - Dr. Chasuble
“I WOULD HANG upon HER LIPS”
ACT 3 - “In _______ of _____ __________, _____, not _________ is the _____ _____” - Gwendolen
“In MATTERS of GRAVE IMPORTANCE, STYLE, not SINCERITY is the VITAL THING”
ACT 3 - “How ______ to talk of the ________ of the _____! Where questions of ____-_________ are _________, ___ are __________ ______ us” - Gwendolen
“How ABSURD to talk of the EQUALITY of the SEXES! Where questions SELF-SACRIFICE are CONCERNED, MEN are INFINITELY BEYOND us”
ACT 3 - “[They ____ into each other’s ____]”
“[They FALL into each other’s ARMS]”
ACT 3 - “Never _____ _______________ of _______, Algernon. Only ______ who can’t ___ ____ __ do that” - Lady Bracknell
“Never SPEAK DISRESPECTFULLY of SOCIETY, Algernon. Only PEOPLE who can’t GET INTO IT do that”
ACT 3 - “But I do not _______ of _________ _________. When I _______ ____ _________ I had no _______ of any kind. But I never _______ for a ______ of allowing that to _____ __ __ ___” - Lady Bracknell
“But I do not APPROVE of MERCENARY MARRIAGES. When I MARRIED LORD BRACKNELL I had no FORTUNE of any kind. But I never DREAMED for a MOMENT of allowing that to STAND IN MY WAY”
ACT 3 - “He has _______, but he _____ __________. What more _____ ___ ______?”
“He has NOTHING, but he LOOKS EVERYTHING. What more COULD ONE DESIRE?”
ACT 3 - “________, I ______ you to be ________” - Lady Bracknell
“ALGERNON, I FORBID you to be BAPTISED”
ACT 3 - “Why should there be ___ ___ for ___ , and _______ for _____?” - Jack
“Why should there be ONE LAW for MEN, and ANOTHER for WOMEN?”
ACT 3 - “I’ve now ________ for the _____ ____ __ __ ____ the _____ __________ of _____ _______” - Jack
“I’ve now REALISED for the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE the VITAL IMPORTANCE of BEING EARNEST”
ACT 1 - “When one is in ____ one amuses _______. When one is in the _______ one amuses _____ ______. It is ___________ ______” - Jack
“When one is in TOWN one amuses ONESELF. When one is in the COUNTRY one amuses OTHER PEOPLE. It is EXCESSIVELY BORING”
ACT 1 - “My _____ has always been to ____ someone of the ____ of Ernest” - Gwendolen
“My IDEAL has always been to LOVE someone of the NAME of Ernest”
ACT 1 - “May I _______ to you ___?” - Jack
“May I PROPOSE to you NOW?”
ACT 1 - “________ are made in ______” - Algernon
“DIVORCES are made in HEAVEN”
ACT 2 - “Alas” no. The __________ was unfortunately _________” - Miss Prism
“Alas” no. The MANUSCRIPT was unfortunately ABANDONED”
ACT 2 - “My ______… can be adapted for almost any ________” - Dr Chasuble
“My SERMON… can be adapted for almost any OCCASION”
ACT 2 - “The ____ seems to be the ______ ______ for the man” - Gwendolen
“The HOME seems to be the PROPER SPHERE for the man”
ACT 2 - “This is no time for _______ the _______ mask of _______” - Cecily
“This is no time for WEARING the SHALLOW mask of MANNERS”
ACT 2 - “A _____ _________ has been practised on both of us” - Cecily
“A GROSS DECEPTION has been practised on both of us”
ACT 2 - “From the ______ I saw you I __________ you. I felt that you were _____ and _________” - Gwendolen
“From the MOMENT I saw you I DISTRUSTED you. I felt that you were FALSE and DECEITFUL”
ACT 3 - “We live… in an ___ of ________” - Lady Bracknell
“We live… in an AGE of SURFACES”
ACT 3 - “You are the ___ of my ____ ______” - Lady Bracknell
“You are the SON of my POOR SISTER”
ACT 3 - “It is a ________ thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his ____ he has been speaking nothing but the _____” - Jack
“It is a TERRIBLE thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his LIFE he has been speaking nothing but the TRUTH”
ACT 1 - “It is a ______ name. It has a _____ of its own. It produces __________” - Gwendolen
“It is a DIVINE name. It has a MUSIC of its own. It produces VIBRATIONS”
