Many critics have read Wilde’s own experience with a double life in the play’s themes.
Wilde particularly mocks earnestness, an extremely important value in Victorian society, as no one seems to have a particular conviction towards anything. This play is a satire that functions within Victorian social customs in order to criticize the very institutions it depicts. Over a series of humorous bumbles, that which is serious is made trivial and that which is trivial is made serious. It follows the story of two men who assume the identity “Ernest” in order to avoid their social obligations and pursue their love interests. Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest" is an extremely entertaining, farcical comedy driven by mistaken identities and bantering dialogue.
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