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Source: Google Images Jack Worthing leads a double life. He pretends to have an irresponsible brother named Ernest who leads a scandalous life and is always getting into trouble which gives Jack an excuse to go after him to help him. The fictional brother Ernest is actually an escape route for Jack to slip away from the countryside whenever he feels like enjoying the pleasures of the town. When Jack reveals to Algernon, his friend about the fictional Ernest, Algernon calls him a “Bunburyist”, to his definition is a man who leads a double life. But Jack denies this accusation. This character of Jack denying leading a double life marks his character as indeed dishonest. While Algernon admits that he is a Bunburyist, who leads a double life with a fictional brother named Ernest. Coming to the later part of the play we find that Jack is a man who is double dishonest. When the rest of the party finds out that Jack was actually conning a fake persona he is forced to disclose his secret. He a