Marriage in the Victorian Era is easily made fun of because of the extreme dishonesty that people put into it. Marriage isn't based off of love, but money and social ranking instead. Characters often lied about their feelings for each other when they knew that they were basing their feelings off of what others would think. Family relationships are also easily made fun of because families lie to each other and act fake just to get through the time they have to spend together. The reoccurring "bunburying" that is one of the whole points of the story is basically the center of the lies and dishonesty that takes place in the story.
I think that Wilde is trying to show us that dishonesty is a huge part of our lives, and is a trait that we don't always even realize we have. Lying is so easily done that we don't even see the harm in it sometimes. The characters in the story go through many ups and downs because of their lies, and in the end the truth comes out which is what often happens in our lives. However, lies don't always work out so well as they did in the story.
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