Read the excerpt from Act III of The Importance of Being Earnest. [Gwendolen and Cecily are at the window, looking out into the garden.] Gwendolen. The fact that they did not follow us at once into the house, as any one else would have done, seems to me to show that they have some sense of shame left. Cecily. They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance. What do you learn about Gwendolen and Cecily from this excerpt

In this excerpt we learned that Gwendolen and Cecily are very romantic women and are willing to make excuses to lessen the mistakes of the men they love.

Explanation:

"The Importance of Being Earnest" is a short story written by Oscar Wilde, where we meet two men who invent countless lies and dishonest situations to get what they want. These men get involved with Gwendolen and Cecily, who despite being very upset when they discover all the lies they have created, are looking for an excuse to forgive them, because they are very romantic women.

reading poetry is challenging when you don't have or very little of social context and culture schema.

solution: read the introduction, the norm, or even explaination if you still dont get it.