... where both women end up thinking they are engaged to the same man named Ernest. Jack and Algernon end up to admitting to their lies. Jack discovers his family history and that his name really is Ernest, and all the lovers are coupled. Thus, from this synopsis we can see that the issue of marriage is not as conventional as how we would stereotypically view marriage is. But one thing to be sure of, if not all, it is for most of the wrong reason to marry. For instance, the theme of marriage in the play follows British literary tradition of other writers (centering work on marriage). However, satirize Victorian views seems to control it, showing how little it was based on love and how much on maintaining or improving social status. This is evident from the subjects of many lines in epigrams (mainly lines by Algernon, Lady Bracknell, and ...

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