As said by Otto Reinert in “Satiric Strategy in The Importance of Being Earnest,” a Bunburyist lives in a world of irresponsibility; one in which he enjoys himself and his life. The absurdity that Wilde creates emphasizes this irresponsibility to the extreme. Both Jack and Algernon go way out of their way in order to just have some fun. It completely contrasts with the ideals and moral standards of the Victorian Age; “What Wilde is saying, then, is that all normal Victorians who want to retain the respect of their conventional society are, perforce, Bunburyists, leading double lives, one respectable, one frivolous, neither earnest” (Reinert). Jack and Algernon only use Bunbury and Ernest in order to be quote-on-quote, normal. It is quite sad
