... exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone' (Act 1, page 19) - the re-evaluation of social values (relationship between servant and master, the educated and the ignorant. Its humour masks its social satire. There is much verbal wit in The Importance of Being Earnest - Algernon to servant, Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth ... world. A middle class Irishman, he gained access to the upper-class worlds of Oxford and London through his sheer intellectual and artistic brilliance. An espouser of the "truth of masks-, he constantly wore the mask of the da...

• Word Count: 1627
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School