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CECILY. I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else.
— Oscar Wilde ‧ The Importance of Being Earnest
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An editorial interpretation.
Cecily admits that meeting someone truly wicked is a new experience, and the prospect is frightening. The fear is comic and naive: that the wicked man will turn out to look perfectly ordinary, no different from anyone else in the room.
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