What makes The Importance of Being Earnest a comedy of manners?

A. It mocks the Victorians' lack of concern for the poor.

B. It mocks the views the Victorians had about religion.

C. It makes fun of the political system of the Victorian era.

D. It questions the views of the Victorians about the afterlife.

E. It satirizes the behavior of the Victorian aristocracy. NextReset

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Steve Dorsey

2 March, 13:57

What makes The Importance of Being Earnest a comedy of manners?

A. It mocks the Victorians' lack of concern for the poor.

B. It mocks the views the Victorians had about religion.

C. It makes fun of the political system of the Victorian era.

D. It questions the views of the Victorians about the afterlife.

E. It satirizes the behavior of the Victorian aristocracy. NextReset

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Jermaine Ray · Answer 1

The Importance of Being Earnest is considered a comedy of manners because:

E. It satirizes the behavior of the Victorian aristocracy.

A comedy of manners is a descriptive term applied to a play whose comedy comes from social habits of a specified society. The play normally bases on the dominant members of the society. The social habits involve the manners and the morals practiced in the specified society. In the case of The Importance of Being Earnest, the society is the Victorian aristocracy.

Helena Bowers · Answer 2

E. it satirizes the behavior of the Victorian aristocracy