The Importance of Being Earnest
What metaphors are used in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde?
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Food is a metaphor in this play. Food is used as a metaphor to illustrate gluttony of all sorts. The consumption of food is used, in Jacks case, as a metaphor for sexual desire.