Oscar wilde use a pun for the title of his play in other to play with a particular name called Earnest thereby bringing different meaning form the name.
Pun is a figure of speech that is used to express a word.
When using pun, a word can be use which communicate different meanings i.e more than one.
Therefore, Oscar wilde use a pun to play with a particular name called Earnest thereby bringing different meaning form the name.
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