Explain how the play is a satire. Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's ignorance or vices, particularly in the context of politics, social, and other topical issues. You can give some background about the play, possibly about the time period it was set in, author, characters, and/or a brief summary. Explain a different part of Victorian society that the play is commenting on (examples: views of marriage, obsession with living for pleasure, gender roles, the upper vs. lower class, traditional literature, preoccupation with manners/norms, obsession with aesthetics, etc.).
Story: The Importance of Being Earnest.
