Let’s first start off by noting the important comedic tactics Wilde uses in The Importance of Being Earnest. The superiority theory is significant in the relationship between Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax because both women think the other is less important than themselves. This is easily seen in act two, where the woman are arguing politely in the garden over tea about who is better suited to marry Earnest. Similarly, Wilde uses the concept of absurdity to keep the comedy rolling. The on going joke between the two men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncriff, about his ‘Bunburying' is utter nonsense. However, because it is such nonsense and completely absurd, the reader isn't expecting it, therefore it’s comedic. Incongruity theory is also
