On Oscar Wilde´s 'The Importance of Being Earnest'

Mirror and critic of the late Victorian gender concepts and the ideas of marriage

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
Cover of the book On Oscar Wilde´s 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Mareike Paulun, GRIN Publishing
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Author: Mareike Paulun ISBN: 9783656016922
Publisher: GRIN Publishing Publication: September 28, 2011
Imprint: GRIN Publishing Language: English
Author: Mareike Paulun
ISBN: 9783656016922
Publisher: GRIN Publishing
Publication: September 28, 2011
Imprint: GRIN Publishing
Language: English

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, University of Mannheim, language: English, abstract: This paper will identify certain types of characters of the upper-class and relate them to the developments of the gender role in the Victorian era. Going along with it the men´s different attitudes towards marriage as a constantly present issue in the play will be illustrated and compared to the points of view that dominated the high society in that time. Wilde refers to many more social habits and temporary fashions which however shall not be part of this paper.

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Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, University of Mannheim, language: English, abstract: This paper will identify certain types of characters of the upper-class and relate them to the developments of the gender role in the Victorian era. Going along with it the men´s different attitudes towards marriage as a constantly present issue in the play will be illustrated and compared to the points of view that dominated the high society in that time. Wilde refers to many more social habits and temporary fashions which however shall not be part of this paper.

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