Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. jack. i am in love with gwendolen. i have come up to town expressly to propose to her. algernon. i thought you had come up for pleasure? . . i call that business. jack. how utterly unromantic you are! how is humor used in this excerpt to effectively critique marriage? how is humor used in this excerpt to effectively critique marriage? a. jack confesses that he has come to the city to propose. b. jack scolds algernon for not being romantic. c. algernon pokes fun at his friend jack for falling in love and becoming interested in gwendolen. d. algernon pokes fun at the fact that marriage in his society often is based on social rules, not romance