The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest First Act

Why does Jack praise the bread and butter Algernon offers him? What does hi praise reveal about Jack?
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Jack enthusiastically eating the Bread and butter that Gwendolen is "devoted to" is a metaphor for his repressed sexual desire. Jack really wants to get married which would give him the social licence to have sex.

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