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Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnes

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The Importance of Being Earnest is a representation of Oscar Wilde’s views and opinions on the upper class of the 1800’s. It is filled with epigrams and comedic aspects that convey his message in a facetious fashion. An example of this language is in a passage between page 34 and 35. This passage is where Jack and Algernon are discussing what leisure activity they shall partake in late that evening. The characters use the phrases; “I loathe listening” and “I can’t bear looking at things” in reply to suggestions of activity. Oscar Wild uses these phrases to expose the empty and idle lives of the aristocracy. Oscar Wilde uses these epigrams and outrages lines to make the reader/audience aware of his deeper meaning but also showing that he is
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