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The title sets up the entire story, in this case the title is a pun. "Being Earnest" also represents Jack and Algernon not being earnest and being their alter-ego Ernest.

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Jack announces that Ernest, the name to the double life he has been living, is dead, which creates a larger conflict.

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Cecily brings up her discontent at the hypocrisy of living a double life to Algernon, who is doing exactly that, which creates an external (Cecily v. Algernon) and internal (Algernon v. self) conflict.

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Algernon brings up his real name to which his fiancee says she would not love him if he had the name, which foreshadows him eventually being figured out and creating tension.

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Lady Bracknell acts as a mother figure to Jack and makes sure his fiancee is a good fit, which is a common thing found in parent-child relationships.

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Morality ties in with this as Miss Fairfax creates tension when she accuses Cecily of forcing Ernest into engagement, which also represents the theme of marriage.

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This vernacular speech makes the story seem more real.

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Jack's response shows he is a blatant liar, which hurts his relationships.

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"The wonderful secrets of my life" is dramatic irony because the reader knows about Algernon and Jack's secret, but Cecily does not, which makes her diary of secrets a humorous symbol of irony.

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Marriage is the main theme in this book and is mentioned several times as Algernon and Jack are both pursuing engagement.

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Cecily and Gwendolen are represented and sort of superficial and accusatory of both Jack and Algernon.

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Algernon's immediate hypocrisy represents his double life and sets up the conflict.

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Marriage and morality is mentioned again and Algernon is blatantly critical of Jack, showing his immorality.

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Lady Bracknell is characterized as Jack's guardian and tells him what he will do and what he won't do.

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Making a characters humorously relatable to the reader or to someone the reader knows makes the story easier to believe.

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Cecily and Gwendolen figure out Jack and Algernon's secret--the main external conflict of the story.

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Gwendolen becomes suspicious at the mention of "Ernest's" brother which creates the main tension in the story.

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Jack being a hypocrite again saying he has always said he had a brother, when he clearly stated he has never had a brother in earlier pages, doubling as characterization for Jack as a liar.

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The coincidence of Jack's father being named Ernest worked perfectly for him so he can now claim he was Ernest all along.

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A play on words finishes up the book when Jack says he realizes the importance of being earnest (and Ernest).