What makes the importance of being earnest a comedy of manners

With the use of witty languages and the criticizing of the Victorian aristocracy.

Explanation:

Comedy of manners is the form of literary writings that satirically shows the manners of the characters and the society involved. It also questions the societal values of the period of the story.

This novel "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde is one such play where the author satirizes the characters and the society they live in. Making fun of the behavior and characters of the Victorian aristocracy, Wilde makes it a comedy of manners. The Victorian society that was attached with the various values of superficiality, money mindedness and frivolity among others is being criticized through the depiction of the various characters. lady Brecknell is the perfect symbol of such Victorian values.

The Victorians' ways of giving importance to a man's wealth, social status and appearance forms the background of the marriage proposal of Lady Brecknell's daughter, Gwendoline and the main protagonist Jack. Wilde uses these real issues and turns them into a comical, witty and satirical situation.

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