Thesis:

Throughout the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde portrays the many aspects of marriage in the Victorian Era using satire because he wants to show that marriage was not at all about romances but more of a business deal.

In my paragraph about The Importance of Being Earnest, my subject is about how Wilde portrays Algernon's use on marriage using epigrams and aphorisms. In the first section I used the quote " Three is company, two is none", shows how in the beginning he was fully opposed to the idea of marriage. Until he met Cecily, he didn't believe in love or romance in the business of marriage. In the second part, I used the quote "Divorces are made in heaven". This is a perfect example of Algernon's beliefs on the subject. Many men of this time probably had a similar view due to certain influences of the time period. The last idea I mention, is "My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful. It is almost as bad as the way Gwendolen flirts with you" is another brilliant example of his disbelief's. he doesn't think that it is proper to flirt with anyone and especially not one whom you might marry. According to our thesis sentence, the play mainly focuses on Algernon's life perspective. Concurring with Algernon's beliefs, marriage was nothing but an action to get possessions and to move up in rank. One of the main points in the story was to get everyone to understand the actual meaning of marriage. My concluding sentence will state something realated to the next persons paragraph such as, "al' of these quotes were very idealistic things that people in the Victorian Era may have believed or experienced in their society.