The epigram in algernon’s last line is used to make marriage seem easy and simple. convince jack that marriage is unnecessary. make a critique of married life. convince jack that his wife will be dishonest.

In “Importance of being Ernest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People”, a play written by Oscar Wilde, the epigram in Algernon’s last line is used to make a critique of married life. Oscar Wilde used epigrams, a short remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way, to criticize the moral of Victorian era.

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