Title: “Wilde’s Satirical Criticism of Social Status and Wealth in Victorian Society” In Oscar Wilde’s play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” he uses satire to criticize the obsession with social status and wealth in Victorian society.

Choose one of the following topics
Love and/or Marriage
Manners/Etiquette
Social Status and/or Wealth
Education and/or Intelligence
Duty and/or Respectability 
Identify the criticism Wilde is making about this topic in his society through satire
Write a well developed paragraph that discusses 
Wilde’s satirical criticism about your chosen topic and provides two pieces of textual evidence and analysis for support