The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde satirizes and mocks Victorian society. The clever use of characters provides a comedy that hides the hidden theme of criticism of the Victorian way of life. In a Victorian society that emphasized progress and development, it was risky for authors like Wilde to depict an imperfect way of life in 19th-century England. Wilde disagrees with the way Victorian society thinks and acts. During the Victorian era, women were more powerful and freer politically. However, the main point that Wilde was trying to show in the play is that it satirizes two main social constructs, namely social class relations and gender relations. In the play, Wilde mocks upper-class characters to bring about change in the class system of the Victorian era. Wilde mocks the arrogant attitude of the upper class, their ideas of progression, and the importance of being sincere or serious. Wilde identifies the arrogant attitude of the upper class by presenting the characters with false perceptions of their importance in society. When Lane, the servant, says that there were no cucumbers at the market, Algernon seems surprised that his wealth did not give him the opportunity to obtain cucumbers from ordinary mortals. Algernon's inferior view of Lane also shows how arrogant he is. At the beginning of the play, Algernon wants to tell Lane about himself, but as soon as Lane mentions something from his personal life, Algernon points out that he is not interested in your family life. Algernon considers the lower class to have absolutely no moral or objective sense. As the classic characters of Algernon and Lane follow the master and servant in this play, their normal behavior itself becomes a source of humor and satire. The yes sir, no sir atti......middle of paper......is distinguished by domestic life. While the public world of men was celebrated, the private world of women was largely ignored. Through Lady Bracknell, Wilde gives a clear picture of the ambiguity of female life. When Jack declares his love for Gwendolen, Lady Bracknell is there as a blocking character with pencil and notebook in hand to assess him as a potential bachelor. The pencil and notebook symbolize Lady Bracknell's strategic approach, her professional conduct, and her reliance on facts to make decisions that will impact her domestic space. Oscar Wilde's suggestion that women rely on the same tactics as men to make decisions suggests that female life functions with the same validity as male life. Wilde's proposition of similarity between lives mocks the biological roles assigned to the domestic aspect of Victorian women..