Jack wants to marry Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, but Jack must first convince her mother, Lady Bracknell, of the respectability of his parents. But Jack, was abandoned in a handbag at Victoria station by his parents, so this is a very difficult task.

Algernon visits Jack’s house in the country and introduces himself to Cecily as Ernest, knowing that Cecily is already fascinated by tales of Ernest's evil personality. She falls in love with him and eventually they become engaged.  

Shortly after, Jack arrives home announcing Ernest’s death. This initiates a series of absurd events. From Cecily and Gwendolen have a genteel fight over which of them has the right to marry Ernest; to Jack and Algernon competition to be baptized as Ernest. 

Personality: she has an arrogant and dominating personality (which we can see when she gives a dinner party, and prefers her husband to eat downstairs with the servants) but she is also intelligent, authoritarian and she rarely changes her mind. Additionally, she values ignorance, which she compares to a delicate exotic fruit.

Social Class: she is an aristocrat who belongs to the high society, although she wasn’t born in this social class

Family:she is Algernon’s aunt and Gwendolen’s mother 

Link with other characters: she is Gwendolen Fairfax’s mother and Algernon Moncrieff’s aunt 

Personality: he is a serious man that holds romantic feelings for Miss Prism.

Social class: he belongs to the middle class

Family: none of his familiars are presented nor mentioned in the play.

Place of living: he lives on Jack’s estate

Link with other characters: Both Jack and Algernon approach Reverend Chasuble to request that they be baptized as Ernest.

Reverend Chasuble has secret romantic feelings for Miss Prism.

Social class: he is a middle-class man 

Family: (none of his familiars are present in the play)

Place of living: he lives in Jack’s Manor house (in the country)

Link with other characters: he is Jack’s butler

Family: Cecily Cardew is Jack’s ward (pupil) and is the granddaughter of Mr Cardew who adopted jack when he still a baby 

Physical features: Cecily had long blonde hair, with big blue eyes, not very tall but a little bit and she is thin.

Social Class: She belongs to the upper class

Place of living: She came from Hertfordshire but she lives in London 

Link with the others characters:  She is in love with Uncle Jack’s brother, is Jack’s ward, Miss Prism is Cecily’s governess

Personality: Jack was the general tolerance for hypocrisy in conventional Victorian morality, he has the hability to speak witty lines about trivial suspects and he has Respectability, responsable

Social class: John Worthing is a noble or high born character Victorian, hi is upper class.

Family: He married the daughter of lady Bracknell Gwendolen his cousin.♥

Place of living: Jack grew up in Hertfordshire but he moves to London

Link with the other characters: He married the daughter of lady Bracknell, Gwendolen. He is guardian to Mr. Cardew’s granddaughter, Cecily. Algernon is the bf of Jack. Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. is the rector on Jack’s estate. Jack is the boss of Miss Prism.

 Algernon symbolizes the wild, unrestricted, curly-headed youngster who is happiest breaking the rules.

Algernon is leading a double life.He is a charming, idle and  brilliant but also is  selfish, amoral,

Like Jack, Algernon has invented a fictional character, a chronic invalid named Bunbury, to give him a reprieve from his real life.

Social class: 

Algernon Moncrieff is a member of the wealthy class.

 Algernon is the nephew of Lady Bracknell and cousin of Gwendolen Fairfax.

Place of living : 

Algernon is living a life of total bachelorhood in a fashionable part of London.

Algernon is the best friend of Jack Worthing (also know by Algernon as Ernest)