So in this way Wilde relates to the characters in the story and their deception of oneself and others. Lady Bracknell was created solely to show the follies and of British society which criticized much of Wilde's work as liberal and mush whereas Wilde saw them as too conservative up tight, and earnest and really more concerned with statues quo's a social normality than any form of art that he had thought that it had become almost inhuman. By using Lady Bracknell in this manner Wilde shows lightly the limitations and unhappiness produced by such a stern, conservative way of life. .
The play mocks this earnestness it is the characters who do not act so seriously and are more care free and wear there hearts on their sleeve, so to speak, who are rewarded with love, and in doing so are proven not to have acting dishonestly in the least. With this, The Importance of Being Earnest makes a wavering claim stating that maybe just maybe Jack, Gwendolyn, Algernon, and Cecily have been the earnest ones all along. One might think this due to their unwillingness to act earnestly according to social status and not being stereotypically conventional, and is not from telling the truth and fitting in, but rather earnestness of going after and getting what they truly wanted.
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Wilde uses his wit by using short, witty sayings to enlighten the situation. Often some of these sayings express ironic views contrary to what we would expect characters to believe. We see this type of irony in Algernon stating his views on marriage in Act I. Jack announces that he has come to town to ask Gwendolen to marry him; Algernon responds:.
"I thought you had come up for pleasure? I call that business ." "I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over.
