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Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest. Algernon. [Languidly.] I don't know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane. Lane. No, sir; it is not a very interesting subject. I never think of it myself. Algernon. Very natural, I am sure. That will do, Lane, thank you. Lane. Thank you, sir. [Lane goes out.] This excerpt best illustrates which feature of a comedy of manners?

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A. an example of class differences

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This excerpt above From Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest. Algernon best illustrates a feature of a comedy of manners as an example of class differences.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde which is an unimportant Comedy for Serious People. The play was first performed on 14 February 1895 at the venue of St James's Theatre in London, it is a comedy in which the main character of the play maintain fictitious personae to get away with the burdensome social responsibility. The play's major themes are the triviality or

Insignificant with which it act towards institutions as serious as marriage, and the outcome satire of Victorian ways.The play was praised by some contemporary reviewer, the play's humour and the culmination of Wilde's artistic career, while some other's cautious about its inadequacy of social messages. The importance of Being Earnest Wilde's is most enduringly popular play.

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