Meanwhile, Oscar Wilde portrays the reasons to why the couples are attracted to each other for love, and not money.
First off Wilde has each of the couples perfectly fit each other. Jack and Gwendolen are very open; they complement each other in everything they do. For example; here is an example of dialog without each other, related with bun burying. “… I’m not a bunburyist at all. If Gwendolen accepts me, I am going to kill my brother; indeed I think I’ll kill him in any case. Cecily is a little too much interested him. It’s rather a bore…” (P16) “…Ah that accounts for it. And now that I think of it I have never heard any man mention his brother. The subject seems disdainful to most men…” (P60) Both Jack and Gwendolen trust each other immensely. They give each other excuses for having secreted information. They both have the same interests, and take part in the same activity the other partner does.
After that, Wilde introduces the couple Algernon and Cecily. They both have an idea of a forbidden love. “…Considering that we have been engaged since February the 14th, and that I only met you today for the first time, I think it is rather hard that you should leave me for so long a period as half an hour. Couldn’t you make it twenty minutes?”(P56) Algernon and Cecily have an idea that this forbidden love is a new adventure and they love it. That is why they make stuff up to keep them on the edge of excitement. They both enjoy that.
Finally Wilde finishes with Prism and Chasuble. They both have moral rights and fit each other and that they both have a sarcastic way to talk. “…That depends on the intellectual sympathies of the woman. Maturity can always be depended on. Ripeness can be trusted young women are green. (Dr. Chasuble starts) I spoke horticultural. My metaphor was drawn from fruits…” (P45) They enjoy each other’s company and comment on the others feelings and attitude; they both enjoy teaching moral rights and will stand for their opinion.
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