Absurdities of the Upper Class
... Therefore, “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a comical play, which demonstrates the absurdities of the socially elite class in British society by using lighthearted humor. The play begins in the “flat” of Algernon Moncrieff, an upper-class English bachelor. ... By creating this art of “bunburying”, Wilde makes fun of the extreme selfishness in upper class British society. ... Consequently, Lady Bracknell incorporates the social rigidity in norms of the upper class. ... Their argument truly demonstrates the pompousness and trivialness of the upper class, as Wilde established a comical use of dramatic irony. ... Hence, when I read “The Importance of Being Ernest” by the well known playwright Oscar Wilde, (who also wrote the plays “An Ideal Husband”, and “A Woman of No Importance”) I was captivated on how he could lightheartedly manipulate the plot in order to poke fun at upper class senselessness.