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Merriman: character portrait from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (Wilde, Oscar)

A character in The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Merriman

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Wilde, Oscar

The butler at Jack's country Manor House, who announces guests and manages the household, appearing chiefly to move the plot's comings and goings along.

Also known as: Butler

Inside the story

Meet Merriman

Merriman is the butler at Jack’s country manor, responsible for keeping the household in order. He announces visitors, attends to the family’s needs, and manages the comings and goings that shape the household’s early activity.

On the page

A dignified country-house butler of middle age with a formal, unhurried bearing; dressed in the traditional dark butler's livery — black tailcoat, waistcoat, and white shirt with a proper collar — the model of decorous English service.

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