Dishonesty in Earnest

       Oscar Wilde uses many versions of literary enlightenment to describe not only the humor, but the truth in what happened back then.  Firstly, dishonesty relates to epigrams in a particularly humorous way because every time an epigram is used, it is either immediately contradicted or just instantaneously forgotten.  On the subject of satire towards social institutions, it's satirical because Wilde ostentatiously portrays the rich as obnoxious people that only care about themselves.  He also portrays them as being able to lie and get away with pretty much anything, therefore relating to the aforementioned, dishonesty.  Also, there is an obvious dishonesty relation to Ernest because he lied about his name to stay with Gwendolen.  The same goes for Algernon using the name Ernest.  Obviously, both Cecily and Gwendolen are being unfairly ridiculous in saying that they would only stay with Jack and Algernon if their name was Ernest and not only does it explain that it describes the pursuit of pleasure as well.  This pokes fun at many things, but the ending of the book, when Jack discovers his name was Ernest all along, I got a real kick out of that. 
       I think Wilde is trying to say that lying is everywhere.  I noticed that nearly every character had their own dark secrets.  For example, at the end of the book, when Miss Prism admits that she had left Jack at a train station as an infant and Lady Bracknell, being the obnoxious woman that she is, was not born wealthy.  I also think Wilde was trying to say that lying will get you caught in the end, no matter how elaborate the lie is.  It happened for Algernon and Jack, but while it turned out for the better for them, I think he was trying to say that not all lies turn out like it did in the play.