Consider: What is one theme present in Wilde's play, The Importance of Being Earnest, and how is it developed throughout the drama? Using one of the four thematic concepts below, compose your own thematic statement and identify at least one piece of textual evidence from Act I and/or Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest to support your theme. Then, explain how your evidence supports the theme and compose a concluding sentence to sum up your claim.

Thematic Concepts:

Social Conventions
Love
Language
Reversal
Use the RACES Method to compose your constructed response. Your response must be at least 5 sentences in length.