Identity and Self-Invention

The fluid nature of identity in a society of rigid expectations, where fictional personas become more authentic than the selves they replace.

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Summaries

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Wilde, Oscar

Two bachelors invent fictional alter egos to escape social obligations, only to have their deceptions collide when both pursue women obsessed with the name Ernest—culminating in the absurd revelation that one suitor's fabricated identity was his true name all along.

Identity and Self-Invention 19 min