“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing”. This quote was said by Gwendolyn after she and Cecily found out that their lovers (Earnest and Algernon) were lying to them about their real names. What Gwendolyn meant when she said that was that it does not matter if a person was truthful, kind or sincere as long as he was rich or good looking. That means that women at that time did not care for sincerity or kindness when looking for husband, but they only cared about the amount of money he has, how big is the land that he owns and other materialistic things that have nothing to do with the person himself. This is something that happens now too. Many couples are just together because one has a lot of money and the
