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Characterize an important character from Act 1 of The Importance of Being Earnest, and give 2 quotes.

Characterize the main character for me, and state 2 important quotes that deal with this, and I'll take this and put it into my own words and go more in depth with more details.

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Gwendolen is young, beautiful, and in love with Jack..... only because she believes his name to be Ernest. She is head strong and often disobedient.

JACK You really love me, Gwendolen?

GWEN Passionately!

JACK Darling! You don’t know how happy you’ve made me.

GWEN My own Ernest!

JACK But you don’t really mean to say that you couldn’t love me if my name wasn’t Ernest?

GWEN But your name is Ernest.

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Gwendolen goes to the door. She and Jack blow kisses to each other behind Lady Bracknell’s back. Lady Bracknell looks vaguely about as if she could not understand what the noise was.

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The Importance of Being Earnest