Question

Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Answer 1

Answer:

irst statement: Algernon holds his servant to an unreasonable standard because he expects the lower classes to be good examples for the upper class.

Explanation:

Answer 2

I believe the correct answer is first statement: Algernon holds his servant to an unreasonable standard because he expects the lower classes to be good examples for the upper class.

 

 In his drama “The Importance of Being Earnest” Oscar Wilde critics the Victorian era higher society’s moral and different views, especially the views on marriage. In this excerpt from drama, Wilde uses this conversation to make fun of the upper class by stating “if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility”, which should be the opposite - upper class should be an example of moral to the lower class.