Earnest Satire

Laughter is a mental state where people shut out some events from their knowledge on how the world really is. Laughter is an expression and a device used by humans to distract them from the seriousness of a specific situation. In The Importance of Being Earnest satire is constantly used because it is distracting and pleasant. Tragedy in Death of a Salesman highlights Willy’s recognize that his life has been a failure. At first, Willy was in denial that he was a failure, to a certain extent this strength. This is a strength because he continued to work hard, despite his failure, to achieve his goal.

The use of humor in The Importance of being Earnest exposes the lack of emotion in some characters. The lack of emotion in the characters is done

Jack, for example, is not flawless and heroic like people would expect him to be. Jack lives a double life, just like his friend Algernon. He expressed, openly, how much he hates Lady Bracknell. Also, throughout the play, Jack focuses on the social flaw of not being able to have a family name that he can claim. These are all qualities of an anti-hero that cares about nothing, but himself. These weaknesses are all exposed through Wilde’s use of comedy. Oscar Wilde exposes Miss Prism’s weakness through the use of comedy. Miss Prism is the perfect representation of a Victorian woman. She is judgmental, vindictive, and critical. By the end of the play Miss Prisms past is revealed, she was the author of a three-volume novel. She was the person that was responsible, for the fact that Jack was lost as an infant. Miss Prism is the person that confuses a baby with her novel. She places the baby inside a black handbag and she places her novel in a baby carriage. Wilde also uses comedy to mock the image of the Victorian people. Chasuble and Miss prism were supposed to be religious people, but it was obvious that they had feelings for each other, because they are constantly flirting. Wilde exposes the fact that these two religious people are regular just like anybody