As far as "The importance of being Earnest" is concerned,the play satirizes the aristocracy of the time,the upper class.Who's life's are concerned with manners and customs.The characters lie to be rewarded with love and better social status but later they find out that they haven't been lying at all.Jack in saying that his name is Earnest,at the end of the story is found to be telling the truth as it is revealed to him and Algernon's lie of being Jack's brother is also found to be true,when they find Jack's real parents. Another conflict that occurs in the pla...

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Sheridan's The School for Scandal and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest are plays of society life set in the rarefied world of the upper classes. ... The Importance of Being Earnest, focused on the elite, making fun of their absurdities and excesses, whilst revelling in their witty banter and rambunctious lives. ... Issues that Wilde appears, possibly, to be satirising in the Importance of Being Earnest. ... Overall, The Importance of Being Earnest and The School for Scandal have many goals. ... Wilde, Oscar, The Importance of Being Earnest, ed. ...

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