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In The Importance of Being Earnest, it could be said that there is a wide range in the moral characters of the people in the play. Wilde was probably trying to make a statement about the times he lived in with the way he did this. Wilde was described as an aesthetic, and would have been very unhappy with moral restrictions that society placed on him at the time. The play takes on the tones of mockery and these tones are directed completely at the aristocracy. The characters of the play, for the most part, are completely self-absorbed, shallow, and they are not the most intelligent people either.
Who we may define as the most or least admirable characters of the play depends very much on the personal views of the person doing the analysis. From someone who doesn't believe in the traditional views of the Victorian period, it may be said that Algernon is an admirable character. On the contrary, from someone who may have a more traditional view on life, it could be said that Lady......

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