 Aldrin and Jack are the predominant because they know each other. They have a history when the play begins. Cecily and Gwendolyn, we actually get to see the beginning of a buddy pairing. Any pair of characters in Oscar Wilde almost are always filled with paradox. And Cecily and Gwendolyn are two young ladies who sort of engage in a tennis match back and forth between whether they like each other or whether they don't like each other.