C. The frequent use of flashbacks is the best description of the plot structure of "The Importance of Being Earnest". The dramatist (Oscar Wilde) provide flashbacks, and the audience is left to fill in the blanks as each member feels is appropriate. He creates gaps in the story. Most things are explained by the characters themselves as the action proceeds.
The plot in the play involves two young men who fall in love with young women while pretending to be other people. Wilde creates an improbable situation in which each of the girls says she can love only a man named Ernest (the events of the dramatic action keep the audience guessing as to whether or not the young men will be able to marry the girls). The questions about the antecedent/anticipated action are left unanswered.
