Which is a major theme of the importance of being earnest?
a. marriage is not to be trifled with.
b. class status hinders personal freedom.
c. real love is a rare and precious thing.
d. conflict between the sexes is perennial.

answer:

the right option is b.   class status hinders personal freedom.

explanation:

the importance of being earnest is a comic play by oscar wilde that engages themes such as marriage, class, social expectations, and the lifestyles of the english upper class. the main idea behind the importance of being earnest raises is whether marriage is pleasurable or a restrictive social duty. the importance of being earnest also reveals the differences between the behavior of the upper class and lower class. members of the upper class display a great deal of pride and pretense, feeling that they are inherently entitled to their wealth and higher social position while lower class is always suppressed.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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the answer is c. he is an efficient leader who prompts his crew to work quickly .

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