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Which of the following is a technique of satire used by Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest?

Agiving information about his characters in a direct, straightforward way
Bridiculously exaggerating the importance people such as Gwendolen place on a name
Cletting readers draw their own conclusions about the characters
Dpraising the wisdom of people such as Lady Bracknell and the Duchess of Bolton

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D. praising the wisdom of people such as Lady Bracknell and the Duchess of Bolton.

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I'd say that the technique of satire used by Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest is b. ridiculously exaggerating the importance people such as Gwendolen place on a name.
She knows that she wants to marry a man named Ernest, because that is a good and decent name - when she finds out that Ernest's name is actually Jack, which is a common and mundane name, she sort of changes her opinion about him based on such an irrelevant fact.

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