importance of being earnest

1. Prepared by- HiraL kashyap
Batch-2020-22 (MA sem-1)
Paper –Literature of the Victorian
Roll No-08
Enrollment No-3069206420200010
Email id - hkg779@gmail.com
Submitted to-S.B. Gardi Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar
University

2. Overview of “ Importance of being earnest ”

3. Importance of being earnest
 The Importance of Being Earnest is a comic play by Oscar Wilde that
engages themes such as marriage, class, social expectations, and the
lifestyles of the English upper class. The main idea behind TheImportance of
Being Earnest raises is whether marriage is pleasurable or a restrictive
social duty.
 The importance of being earnest by Oscar Wilde uses satire to ridicule the
cultural norms of marriage love and mind-set which were very rigid during
the Victorian Age.

4. The importance of being earnest as a satire
 The importance of being earnest by Oscar Wilde uses satire to
ridicule the cultural norms of marriage love and mind-set which
were very rigid during the Victorian Age.
 The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of manners, whereby
Oscar Wilde uses satire to ridicule marriage, love and the
mentality of the Victorian aristocratic society. It can also be
referred to as a satiric comedy.

5. 'The importance of Being Earnest' a satire
on the Victorian society
In this play The Importance of Being
Earnest Wildesatirized the Victorian age. By making a
mockery of theVictorian ideals, Wilde threw
a satirical spotlight on theVictorian age as a whole.
The Victorian society fell in a passionate love with the
idea of earnestness. ... TheVictorian society was
outwardly flowery

6. irony used in "The importance of Being
Earnest"
 Dramatic irony is created when the audience knows something that
the charac ters on stage haven't yet discovered. Many times
dramaticirony was used in The Importance of Being Earnest, and
comedy ensues as the characters were always left oblivious;
however, the audience was fully aware of the pun.

7. How is comedy used in "The importance
of Being Earnest"?.
 The importance of being earnest is referred to as
acomedy of manners because it ironically describes the
conduct of the Victorian upper class. The play describes
their behavior in a hypocritical manner. ... A language that
is funny and witty has also been used to describe the
upper class of the Victorian society

8. Message from “ importance of being
earnest”
Morality and the constraints it
imposes on society is a favorite
topic of conversation in
The Importance of Being Earnest
Algernon thinks the servant class
has a responsibility to set a moral
standard for the upper

9. References
 https://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/satire-in-the-importance-of-
being-earnest-english-literature-essay.php
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest
 https://www.quora.com/How-is-comedy-used-in-The-importance-of-Being-
Earnest/answer/Aaron-Roan-Kramer?ch=10&share=5dd49921&srid=XutWO
 https://www.quora.com/How-is-irony-used-in-The-importance-of-Being-
Earnest/answer/Zaib-Khan-21?ch=10&share=23015c1e&srid=XutWO
 http://www.askliterature.com/drama/oscar-wilde/the-importance-of-being-
earnest/importance-of-being-earnest-is-a-social-satire