Across
- 2. How Lady Bracknell delivers her judgments on marriage and social status as though expressing wise wisdom.
- 4. Something seemingly insignificant that becomes disproportionately important, reflecting the characters' obsession with cucumber sandwiches, names, and social etiquette.
- 6. A description of Jack and Algernon's invented identities and deceptive behaviour which threaten their appearances.
- 8. when Jack and Algernon face their consequences for lying
- 10. Gwendolen completely accepts Jack's lie that his name is Ernest
- 12. The abstract philosophical subject Algernon jokingly invokes when discussing the significance of names and identity.
Down
- 1. Describing the fearless behavior of Jack and Algernon as they deceive others to pursue their romantic desires.
- 3. What Lady Bracknell does when she says some of her opinions about marriage, wealth, and social standing.
- 5. What someone might call a man who invents a false identity and deceives women to escape his responsibilities.
- 7. The use of humor through characters who pretend to hold respectability while discovering their own true desires.
- 9. What Jack faces when Lady Bracknell questions his state in being a right husband and his mysterious backstory is revealed.
- 11. The kind of behaviour or background Lady Bracknell fears will threaten her family's upper class reputation