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The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy which was written by Oscar Wilde and officially released in 1895. It is a highly humorous play which presents a turbulent love affair between two lovebirds that faced lots of challenges in their relationship. It is quite satirical in the way Oscar presents how the protagonist maintained a fictious status just to escape the burden obligations the society has bestowed upon him. Later, as the play unfolds, it turns out to be a major satire and mockery on the old revered institutions such as marriage and the Victorian traditions.

It shares a lot of similarities with David Angell’s Frasier particularly in the way they comically presents mocking scenarios in most of the episodes. The events surrounding the life of Dr. James Frasier are really perplexing. It is really satirical for him to ditch his long time wife to marry a new lady who later turns him down. Besides, the turbulent relationship between him and his father is a show of mockery particularly when he feels that it is burdensome to take responsibility for the incapacitated old man. Later, the sibling rivalry between Nile and his brother culminates into a serious antagonism which brings a lot of conflict in their family.

Contrarily, the two plays differ in that, whereas The Importance of Being Earnest is more comical, Frasier is less comical. Oscar is more satirical in the way he used his characters like Lane and Worthing to mock the existing traditional institutions such an s marriage. However, Frasier is less satirical because it ends up losing the momentum particularly when it ends up establishing political and social neutrality in its presentation. Lastly, Oscar exploited the use of dialogue more than Angell. This played a greater role in the play especially during certain times when a serious conflict would ensue. For instance, at the failed bouquet when the brides double life is revealed after the unintended interruption from The Marquess of Queensberry.