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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