One example of an epigram happens in Act 2 when Miss Prism is discussing her writing with Cecily. She states that “The god ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means” (1750). The reason this works as an example is that individuals would assume this to be what would happen in normal, everyday life. Those who are good should have the happy endings. In reality however, people are often times not deserving of what occurs to them in life. The good are the ones dealing with the unhappy endings as well as the bad. Another example also comes from Act 2 while Gwendolen and Cecily are discussing their impressions of each other. Gwendolen mentions how “[her] first impression of people are never wrong” (1760), and “[her] first impressions