テリー・イーグルトンの『反逆の群像―批評とは何か』の『ユートピア2』や『オスカー・ワイルド』の章に引用されている喜劇です。
"An engagement should come upon a young girl as a surprise."
"I am pleased to hear it. I do not approve of anything that tempers with natural ignorance."
↓資産が主に動産で構成されている皆さんを勇気付ける言葉
"What between the duties expected of one during one’s lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one’s death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That’s all that can be said about land."
"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."
"All woman become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his."
↓次男坊が家族から懐疑の眼差しを投げかけられている時に使うセリフ
"Uncle Jack, do be nice. There is some good in everyone."
"I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.”
