Discuss how Wilde’s Importance of Being Earnest attempts to undermine Victorian social conventions.
Play close attention to the use of wordplay, paradox, and satire as you are reading the play. Your response should clearly outline a Victorian social convention and provide several examples from the text of how Wilde undermines the convention in his play. (Be sure to explain how these examples work to undermine the convention.What observations did you think were particularly profound? What insights surprised you? Do you have anything to add?)