What makes the importance of being earnest a comedy of manners?

a. it mocks the victorians' lack of concern for the poor.

b. it mocks the views the victorians had about religion.

c. it makes fun of the political system of the victorian era.

d. it questions the views of the victorians about the afterlife.

e. it satirizes the behavior of the victorian aristocracy. nextreset

The Importance of Being Earnest is considered a comedy of manners because :

E. It satirizes the behavior of the Victorian aristocracy.

A comedy of manners is a descriptive term applied to a play whose comedy comes from social habits of a specified society. The play normally bases on the dominant members of the society. The social habits involve the manners and the morals practiced in the specified society. In the case of The Importance of Being Earnest, the society is the Victorian aristocracy.

E. it satirizes the behavior of the Victorian aristocracy

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malvolio only loves olivia because he thinks if they get married to olivia he will have a noble title, people to serve him, and fine clothes to wear. also he thinks if they get married he will have many expensive things, and he thinks he will be able to order toby around. malvolio only wants to be noble and boss people around he dose not really love olivia. but viola love for duke orsino is real she really loves orsino.

i think he will fail because he tried to get her to love him and she said oh, you are sick of self-love, malvolio. there is no slander in an allowed fool. so i think she knows what malvolio is trying to do. she knows that he only wants to marry her because he wants to be noble and boss people around so that it why i think she said oh, you are sick of self-love, malvolio. there is no slander in an allowed fool because she new he was selfish.