The 3 authors purposes are persuade, inform and entertain. Persuade the author is using their opinion to try and get you to agree, inform the author is explaining a topic with facts and without bias, and entertain the work doesnt have either of those it will be amusing or fun
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.
With what u have to post a question sweetie.
Answer: aside
Explanation: an aside is an event that happens in a play where the audience knows something the characters do not.
I believe the answer is his return home ^^