There are many different examples of humor in the Importance of Being Earnest. Examples of physical humor include when Ernest is chasing Algernon around the couch trying to retrieve his cigarette case and also when Lady Bracknell tell Gwendolen to go to the carriage and she and Ernest make kiss faces to each other behind the Lady's back. An example of a pun is in the beginning when Algernon is playing the piano and says that "playing with expression is his forte" because forte is a musical term. Another moment that I found particularly funny was when Lady Bracknell says that she or Lord Bracknell would inform Gwendolen when she became engaged. This was funny because it was making fun of the fact that in that time period it was more likely for people of the higher to class to marry for status and money rather than love and the parents were more likely to arrange the marriage for their benefit.
A modern example of a pun would be in Shrek the Musical when Shrek and Donkey are describing Lord Farquad to Fiona and they keep making short jokes about him. An modern example of physical humor is when a taller person holds something up or puts something on a high shelf so that a shorter person can't get to it.
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