Jack/Ernest

•  Jack justifies double identity by telling Algernon what one does in town and what one does in the country

  ‘When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people.’ 

   
• Jack says the lengths he took to find his cigarette case

  ‘Frantic letters to Scotland yard about it.’ 
• qutoe explaining what Jack's name is in town and in the country

  'My name is Ernest in town and Jack in the country.’ 
• After his encounter with Lady Bracknell, he describes her to Algernon

  ’never met such a gorgon... she is a monster without being a myth.’
• Quote that describes what Jack is wearing when he returns to the country to show that 'Ernest' has died

  ‘Dressed in the deepest mourning.’ ‘Garb of woe.’ 
• What does Jack say when Gwendolen asks whether he is engaged to Cecily


  ' Of course not! What could have put such an idea into your pretty little head? '
• Jack doesn't know Cecily very well, probably since he's always in town escaping his duties as her ward

  ' Cecily's not a silly romantic girl .'
• Jack warns Algernon that bunburying will have consequences in the future, perhaps feeling regretful as just had to lie to Gwendolen

  ' your bunbury will get you into a serious scrape one day .'
• Jack is a comic obstacle in Cecily's marriage to Algernon as he refuses to give consent (perhaps in spiteful way because Lady Bracknell won't consent to his marrying Gwendolen)

  ' I am afraid I cannot give my consent .'
• What does Jack say about having a brother at the end of the play when he finds out Algernon is his brother

  ' I knew I had a brother, I always said I had a brother .'