Context Flashcards
An ideal husband genre
Play, comedy of manners, satirical
Women considered…
Morally superior to men
Emphasis on
Moral ideals and hypocrisy and delight in scandal
At the time Wilde was…
Blackmailed for his homosexuality
Marriage was based on…
Wealth and status
Status depends on…
Reputation
The play is a portrayal of male society where women have…
Parasitic tendencies
The central binary opposites are
Men/public and women/ domestic
The dandy rebels against
The values of the Victorian era
Love is the most…
Selfish of emotions
Wilde aestheticism
World should be judged on beauty not morals
Oliver Parker 1969
Throughout, Wilde’s socialites and dandies praise the lazy and deplore the active, starts at act 3, directs attention to gorings foppery
Danson- rob is the…
Epitome of Victorian masculinity which is represented by politically active men
Galvin- chiveley wit is a…
A dangerous justification for profoundly immoral behaviour
