• Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. This is a revamped essay and final copy I did for my ENG101. It talks about the portrayal of woem in the play.

     

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. This is a revamped essay and final c', 1.
  • Essays 'Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. This is a revamped essay and final c', 2.
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Portrayal of Women in
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
By
hitman99
"The Importance of Being Earnest" was written by the famous Irish author, Oscar Wilde. The play represents Wilde´s late Victorian view of the aristocracy, marriage, wit, and social life during the early 1900's. His characters are typical Victorian snobs who are arrogant, overly proper, formal, and concerned with money. Wilde portrays the women on two separate levels, Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are young, sheltered, and without identity, while Lady Bracknell is the strong adult author…

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