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What is the main theme of the play The Importance of Being Earnest?

a) the triviality of the lower classes
b) the plight of theater actors, who were mostly from the lower classes
c) the importance people place on wealth and status over love
d) the importance of the institution of marriage

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Ideas about wealth and status outweighing love occur throughout the play. For example, Lady Bracknell is not in favor of Algernon and Cecily's marriage alliance until she discovers that Cecily will soon inherit a fortune.
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