On page 10, Gwendolen meets Jack for the first time, who introduced himself as Ernest. Gwendolen says: "The moment Algernon first mentioned to me that he had a friend called Ernest, I knew I was destined to love you." This is an example of how Oscar Wilde makes women seem picky and naive.
On page 16, Algernon says that "The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain." This is a perfect example of how Wilde makes men look like pigs.
Although the Pardoner would like to repeat it; money is the root of all evil. He makes sure that he benefits from his position.
He invites the so-called 'good' people to buy his relics and once they are bought, he proceeds to release them from their sins.
Then he preaches about how donating to his church would keep them away and protects them from their sins.
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If I'm not mistaken, its a fused run-on sentence. A comma splice is where there is an unneeded comma, and it isn't a simple as it contains a conjunction.
Langues chose, style of writing, and length of writing would be my answers.
tell me if i'm wrong