Question

Read this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and complete the sentences that follow. ALGERNON: Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that? LANE: I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person. ALGERNON (Languidly.): I don’t know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane. LANE: No, sir; it is not a very interesting subject. I never think of it myself. ALGERNON: Very natural, I am sure. That will do, Lane, thank you. LANE: Thank you, sir. (Lane goes out.) ALGERNON: Lane’s views on marriage seem somewhat lax. Really, 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. Algernon believes that the lower classes should the upper classes, yet he labels them as lacking .

Answer 1

In this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Algernon believes that the lower classes should the upper classes, yet he labels them as lacking of experience, so the use of them as guides is not possible. He thinks they have no sense of moral, therefore they can't help with Algernon's personal issues.

Answer 2

Algernoon believes that the lower class should set and example for the upper classes, yet he labels them as lacking moral responsibility.