Question

Which lines from The Importance of Being Earnest are epigrams? Check all that apply.

Answer 1

The epigrams from the Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of being Earnest” are first and last statement. Epigram is a brief, satiric, memorable statement which expresses an idea in an amusing way. Oscar Wild used epigrams to expose the hypocrisy of upper class from Victorian era. In the first statement ( "In married life three is company and two is none." (Algernon)) Wilde alludes that marriage is a business deal containing property, wealth, and status. In the last statement (“More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn’t read.”) Wilde makes fun of the whole Victorian idea of morality, strict codes of what people should and shouldn’t do.

Answer 2

THE REAL ANSWER IS 1 AND 5