Social Progress Beyond Victorian Cultural Constraints
Words: 677 Pages: 2 7354Cucumber sandwiches and silver tongues serve Wilde's satire in "Earnest," where manners mask madness. Wilde employs humor and wit to critique the rigid class structure, gender roles, and superficial attitudes towards love and marriage that characterized society during this period. Through a series of clever reversals and absurdities, Wilde exposes the triviality of societal conventions and challenges the audience to reconsider the true meaning of earnestness and sincerity. Gender Roles and Reversals In Victorian society, gender roles were strictly defined, […]