Victorian Rules Flashcards
What is appearance?
What something is made out to look like
What is reality?
What something actually is
What is town life?
When people live in the town
What is country life?
When someone lives in the country
What are the ideas about marriage?
More for business than pleasure
What is social status?
Upper and lower class
What are quotes for marriage/class?
I thought you had come up for pleasure, I call that business
No sense of moral responsibility
Quotes for town life/country life?
When one is in the town one amuses oneself when one is in the country one amuses other people
What are quotes for Victorian rules?
I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at 5 o’clock
What is jack like?
He is more serious than Algernon
He is in love with Gwendelon
Lady Bracknell says he can’t marry Gwendelon
He lies about who he is
He is actually Ernest and Algernon is his brother
What is Lady Bracknell like?
She has highest status
She says Jack can’t marry Gwendelon
She is Algernon’s auntie
She is money focused rather than personality - what is ur income?
What is Cecily like?
She is Jacks niece
She falls in love with Algernon
She is quite funny
What is Gwendelon like?
She has high status
She is lady Bracknells daughter
She is with Jack
What is Algernon like?
He is not serious
Quite witty
Turns out to be Jacks brother
What are quotes for Algernon?
They seem as a class to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility
To loose one parent mr Worthing is a misfortune; to loose both looks like carelessness
Lady bracknell
Highlights her personality, shows her hight status and lack of empathy
