Oscar Wilde's comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest satirizes issues such as marriage, money, and death throughout the play. Wilde mocks the idea of marriage during the confrontations between Lady Bracknell and Jack. Money and marriage are both satirized when Lady Bracknell is determining whether or not she will let Algernon marry Cecily, and when money is mentioned, she immediately reconsiders the entire proposal. Also, Lady Bracknell believes that anyone on their deathbed should choose to live or die so they are not a burden on their family and friends anymore. Wilde satirizes these issues, believing that Victorian society should pay more attention to trivial matters as opposed to issues that society regarded as serious.

Marriage, although it should not be taken lightly, was regarded as a union between relations and money during the Victorian time period. Instead of just marrying purely out of love, Jack and Lady...