Second Annotaded volume 2 | Page 3

WELCOME

To Oscar's comedy of manners

This Magazine details the jokes presented in this Play

A short explanation of how upper classes were presented in that time and why Oscar Wilde make fun about their trivialities.

-The look for the inner self, a paradoxical interpretation of the comedy. Why Jack-Earnest represent literature.

-The triviality of stupid and insignificant things.

-The truth behind a fake love story presented in this high class society.

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The Significance of Literature: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.

Wilde as Parodist: A Second Look at the Importance of Being Earnest