Oscar Wilde - a critique of the Victorian upper-class: an analysis of "Lady Windermere's Fan", "A Woman of No Importance", "An Ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Earnest"
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This essay attempts to determine whether Oscar Wilde used his plays as a
means of criticising the Victorian upper-class. Chapter one gives an insight
into the beliefs prevalent at that time, as well as an account of Oscar
Wilde's life and philosophical views. Reference is also made to political and
literary theories. Chapter two looks at "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "An Ideal
Husband" as regards criticism of social mores and subversion of conventional
Victorian morality. Chapter three focuses on Wilde's promotion of sexual
equality with Feminism as a central point, in "A Woman of No Importance" and
"The Importance of Being Earnest".
ISSN 1402-1773 / ISRN LTU-CUPP--00/82--SE / NR 2000:82