Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest.Lane. I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand.Algernon. Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that?

Lane jokes that champagne is usually better in unmarried households than in married ones, and Algernon responds by wondering whether marriage is so “demoralising.” Their exchange humorously comments on marriage and its effects. The correct choice is “a commentary on marriage.”

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