Dishonesty

Dishonesty is no doubt a huge theme in The Importance Of Being Earnest. One way you can tell is through the epigrams that the characters so often throw out at the reader. A good way these represent dishonesty is because I think they are saying something that contradicts itself but makes sense. Also, I think that the satire of this novel and the social institutions is very dishonest because it shows that almost everyone would lie and cheat. Also, even though the title has the word "Earnest" Which means serious, is to trick you. It's to show that people back then were not honest. Also, He says that to get pleasure, you have to lie through a process known as "Bunburying".
Mainly what I think Oscar Wilde is trying to say about dishonesty in this story is really that it can lead to some uncomfortable occasions, such as act three. I think he really disagrees with dishonesty because if he wanted everyone to be honest he wouldn't have named the book The Importance of being earnest, because I think that that is the main theme overall. That it is better to be honest and true.