Which TWO choices are reasons why both Jack and Algernon feel the need to invent Ernest and Bunbury in The Importance of Being Earnest?
The social expectations placed on members of the upper class in Victorian-era England were restrictive and intense.

Both Jack and Algernon feel the need to create a reason to escape the constraints of their lives because of the taxing nature of social expectations.

Lady Bracknell's husband has been searching for them and they required secret identities.

Cecily and Gwendolyn have made both gentlemen feel confined by their relationships.​

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