 While Wilde had long been famous for dialogue and his use of language , Raby ( 1988 ) argues that he achieved a unity and mastery in Earnest that was unmatched in his other plays , except perhaps Salomé . While his earlier comedies suffer from an unevenness resulting from the thematic clash between the trivial and the serious , Earnest achieves a pitch @-@ perfect style that allows these to dissolve . There are three different registers detectable in the play . The dandyish insouciance of Jack and Algernon — established early with Algernon 's exchange with his manservant — betrays an underlying unity despite their differing attitudes . The formidable pronouncements of Lady Bracknell are as startling for her use of hyperbole and rhetorical extravagance as for her disconcerting opinions . In contrast , the speech of Dr. Chasuble and Miss Prism is distinguished by " pedantic precept " and " idiosyncratic diversion " . Furthermore , the play is full of epigrams and paradoxes . Max Beerbohm described it as littered with " chiselled apophthegms — witticisms unrelated to action or character " , of which he found half a dozen to be of the highest order . 
 While Wilde had long been famous for dialogue and his use of language , Raby ( 1988 ) <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>argues</mark></a> that he achieved a unity and mastery in Earnest <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>was unmatched in his other plays , except perhaps Salomé . While his earlier comedies suffer from an unevenness resulting from the thematic clash between the trivial and the serious , Earnest <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>achieves</mark></a> a pitch @-@ perfect style <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>allows</mark></a> these to dissolve . <a href='dey_it' title='6'><mark>There</mark></a> are three different registers detectable in the play . The dandyish insouciance of Jack and Algernon — established early with Algernon <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>exchange with his manservant — <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>betrays</mark></a> an underlying unity despite their differing attitudes . The formidable pronouncements of Lady Bracknell <a href='drop_aux' title='9'><mark>are</mark></a>as startling for her use of hyperbole and rhetorical extravagance as for her disconcerting opinions . In contrast , the speech of Dr. Chasuble and Miss Prism is distinguished by " pedantic precept " and " idiosyncratic diversion " . Furthermore , the play <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>is</mark></a>full of epigrams and paradoxes . Max Beerbohm described it as littered with " chiselled apophthegms — witticisms unrelated to action or character " , of which he<a href='been_done' title='11'><mark></mark></a> found half a dozen to be of the highest order . 
While Wilde had long been famous for dialogue and his use of language , Raby ( 1988 ) argue that he achieved a unity and mastery in Earnest was unmatched in his other plays , except perhaps Salomé . While his earlier comedies suffer from an unevenness resulting from the thematic clash between da trivial and the serious , Earnest achieve a pitch @-@ perfect style allow these to dissolve . It is three diff registers detectable in the play . The dandyish insouciance of Jack and Algernon — established early with Algernon  exchange with his manservant — betray an underlying unity despite their differing attitudes . The formidable pronouncements of Lady Bracknell as startling for her use of hyperbole and rhetorical extravagance as fir her disconcerting opinions . In contrast , tdaspeech of Dr. Chasuble and Miss Prism is distinguished by " pedantic precept " and " idiosyncratic diversion " . Furthermore , thdalay full of epigrams and paradoxes . Max Beerbohm described it as littered with " chiselled apophthegms — witticisms unrelated to action or character " , of which he done found half a dozen to be of thedaghest order .