While some critics contend that people find humor in the subject matter presented to them, one has stated that people find humor in how the subject matter is presented, not the subject matter itself. The subject matter may not have the slightest humor to it, but the way someone can present the matter can create hilarity. Oscar Wilde uses this way of writing in his play comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. The characters and …showed first 75 words of 781 total…

…showed last 75 words of 781 total…will you not.” The presentation of Wilde’s “bunburying”, marriage, and similarity of characters creates the humor. These subjects in the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, would not be humorous if not presented in the proper way. Knowing Gwendolen and Cecily wanting to marry a named Ernest would not be comical if the reader had not known Jack and Algernon were “bunburying” as Ernest. Humor comes from just more than the subject matter itself!