[Enter Miss Prism hurriedly.] It's this softer side that propels the plot forward. Called Aunt Augusta by her nephew Algernon, ... Dr. Chasuble’s love interest is Miss Prism. Merriman. Despite her rigidity, Miss Prism seems to have a softer side. Dr. Chasuble, the local church canon, enters and chats with Miss Prism.They are clearly attracted to one another, and Dr. Chasuble invites Miss Prism to accompany him on an evening walk. Jack Worthing tells Doctor Chasuble and Miss Prism about the death of his brother Ernest, and they express conventional condolences, including comments on the evil ways of the deceased. As an instrument of the aristocracy, Miss Prism educates Cecily to conform to the dry, meaningless intellectual pursuits designed to keep the status quo. You should get married. Miss Prism grows pale and quails. Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Wilde uses humour in order to present the mockery of Chasuble as a religious man. Time - Phrase 00:50:27 Miss Prism, I almost forgot to mention... 00:50:29 that Dr. Chasuble is expecting you in the vestry. [Catches sight of Lady Bracknell, who has fixed her with a stony glare. Believe me, I do not deserve so neologistic a phrase. The rector on Jack’s estate. Dr. Chausible: But is a man not equally attractive when married? 00:50:32 In the vestry?Dr. The rich man who adopts Jack as a baby and charges him with the guardianship of Cecily. Mr. Thomas Cardew. Miss Prism and Dr. Chasuble return.] Canon Chasuble, D.D. Miss Prism. The location changes to the garden at Jack’s country estate on a sunny July day where Cecily is studying with her governess, Miss Prism. Their hypocritical piety appears even more ridiculous by the audience’s awareness that Ernest does not actually exist. She approaches; she is nigh. Algernon’s butler. [With a scholar’s shudder.] Miss Prism’s lessons are boring and so Cecily decides to pursue her role as the cupid in their relationship, showing how dull Miss Prism is. 00:50:34 Expecting you, yes. Charlie Kendrick 6th March 2014 Miss Prism and Chasuble are products of society in the way that they are both plot tools for Wilde satirizing the Victorian era in the sense that Chasuble should represent a man of the church who is moral, but isn’t whilst Miss Prism is distinctly unattractive who represents the boring nature of education in those times. A misanthrope I can understand—a womanthrope, never! Chasuble? You are too much alone, dear Dr. Chasuble. But, like Chasuble, beneath her surface she has a hedonistic streak; often her language slips when she ventures outside her Victorian appearance. Unlike Lady Bracknell, however, Miss Prism lacks social power, hence her comically desperate attempts to persuade Canon Chasuble into marriage as a way of escaping her marginal social status. Rev. Men should be more careful; this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray. I have been waiting for you there for an hour and three-quarters. Jack’s butler at his country estate, Manor House. Lane. Chasuble: [Looking off.] Chasuble. She speaks of having once written a novel whose manuscript was “lost” or “abandoned.” Also, she entertains romantic feelings for Dr. Chasuble. But watch closely, especially when Dr. Chasuble is present, and Miss Prism's sentimental side is revealed. Miss Prism: I was told you expected me in the vestry, dear Canon.

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