# Bunbury — The Importance of Being Earnest character guide

> Bunbury in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Bunbury, this Mr. Bunbury

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i

## Who they are

Algernon's fictional invalid friend used as an excuse.

## Relationships

### [Algernon Moncrieff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_importance_of_being_earnest/characters/algernon_moncrieff)

_psychological_

Bunbury is Algernon's fictional invalid friend, created as an excuse to escape social obligations.

### [Jack Worthing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_importance_of_being_earnest/characters/jack_worthing)

_psychological_

Bunbury serves as a parallel to Jack's fictional brother Ernest, both being invented personas for deception.

### [Lady Bracknell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_importance_of_being_earnest/characters/lady_bracknell)

_social_

Lady Bracknell disapproves of Bunbury as a social fiction, representing the threat of 'Bunburying' to propriety.

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