The Importance of Being Earnest Act 1

Read the first act of the play and respond to the following questions in complete grammatical sentences.

1. The Importance of Being Earnest is called comedy of manners. What impressions do we get of the society in which the play is set? How is it presented?
2. What is the literary purpose of Lane.
3. How has the playwright used Dramatic Irony and Epigrammatic Wit? Give two examples of each.
4. What makes the first act funny? Quote and comment. 
5. To what extent do you agree that the female characters dominate the men?