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this is a discussion within the NOLA Community Forum; ?It is such a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth,? Jack Worthing says to Gwendolen Fairfax, whom he wishes to marry. ?Can you forgive me?? ...
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Review: The Importance of Being Earnest
![]() ?It is such a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth,? Jack Worthing says to Gwendolen Fairfax, whom he wishes to marry. ?Can you forgive me?? It?s one of the many wickedly funny lines Oscar Wilde concocted to mock Victorian-era British society?s stifling preference for propriety over honesty.? |
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