The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde satirizes and makes fun of Victorian society. The clever use of characters provides comedy that hides the hidden theme of criticizing the Victorian lifestyle. In a Victorian society that emphasized progress and development, it was risky for authors like Wilde to portray a flawed way of life in nineteenth-century England. Wilde does not agree with the way Victorian society thinks and acts. In the Victorian era, women were more powerful and politically freer. However, the main point that Wilde was trying to show in the work is that it satirizes two main social constructs, namely social class and gender relations. In the play, Wilde mocks the upper class characters to bring about a change in the class system of the Victorian era. Wilde mocks the arrogant attitude of the upper class, ideas of progress, and the importance of being sincere or serious. Wilde identifies the arrogant attitude of the upper class by presenting characters with false perceptions of their self-importance in society. When Lane the servant says that there were no cucumbers in the market, Algernon seems surprised that his wealth did not give him the opportunity to get cucumbers compared to the common man. Lane's bottom-up view of Algernon also shows how arrogant he is. At the beginning of the show, Algernon wants to talk to Lane about himself, but as soon as Lane mentions something about his personal life, Algernon points out that he has no interest in your family life. Algernon believes that the lower classes have absolutely no moral sense or purpose. As the stock characters of Algernon and Lane follow the master and servant in this play, their normal behavior becomes a source of humor and satire itself. The yes sir, no sir acts...... middle of paper......stands for domestic life. While the public world of men was celebrated, the private world of women was largely ignored. Through Lady Bracknell, Wilde provides a clear image of the ambiguity of female life. When Jack declares his love for Gwendolen, Lady Bracknell is there as a block character with pencil and notebook in hand to evaluate him as a potential bachelor. The pencil and notebook symbolize Lady Bracknell's strategic approach, professional conduct and reliance on facts to make decisions that will impact her domestic space. Oscar Wilde's evocation that women rely on the same tactics as men to make decisions suggests that women's lives operate with the same validity as men's. The proposed similarity between Wilde's lives is mocking the biological roles labeled on the domestic appearance of Victorian women.