Question

Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest. Jack. My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn’t a dentist. It produces a false impression. This excerpt best illustrates which feature of a comedy of manners? witty wordplay a commentary on marriage a comparison of country and city life concern with appearance over morality

Answer 1

The correct answer is A): Witty wordplay.

This because he is using a metaphor to prove that someone shouldn't talk in a way just to look or sound like something we're not.

Answer 2

Among the features of a comedy of manners provided in the answer choices, the one that is best illustrated by the excerpt is:

A. Witty wordplay

What is the wordplay in the passage?

As is common in Oscar Wilde's sarcastic plays, characters often use witty wordplay to criticize society. The characters often say one thing but actually mean something.

In the passage, it seems that Jack is criticizing Algernon, but he is in fact criticizing dentists. What he actually means is that dentists talk in a different way from other people.

With the information above in mind, we can select option A as the correct answer.

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