The Importance Of Being Earnest Society Analysis
Society is made up by a set of social rules. People within society must conform and act upon these values. Throughout the play “Importance Of Being Earnest,” Oscar Wilde uses the conventions of The Comedy Of Manners style social customs critiques how society operates within restraints established by society. This paper will examine women roles, table manners, separation of social class and orderly conduct.
Society creates social norms and values for women. They are then restricted to follow these set of morals. By ignoring these rules, the women may be seen as rebellious. Algernon Moncrieff mentioned “The amount of women who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks bad”(1.2). A message being portrayed is if women are already married and committed to their significant other, there is no need for flirting. The flirting is for single women and people whom are still looking for someone to be committed to. There were numerous roles and certain …show more content…
These rules were set to identify whom belonged to the upper class and whom were the lower class. In the play “The Importance Of Being Earnest”, Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax have a feud about being engaged to a young man named Ernest. When Merriman, Cecily and Jack’s butler walks in and hands Gwendolen and Cecily tea, Cecily must not act in such a vulgar way. Cecily switched to a more calm tone as soon as Merriman walks into the scene. “(Sternly, in a calm voice)” (2.7). The message Oscar Wilde is trying to convey is that butlers and servants are known to babble and are very observant people, when Merriman hands over the tea Cecily immediately more kind. Cecily must act a different way in front of Merriman so that he does not speak of her to other butlers and people, she does not want to have an atrocious name for herself. When people see how impolite someone is, their respect for the person will be much lower and they will be less
Society creates social norms and values for women. They are then restricted to follow these set of morals. By ignoring these rules, the women may be seen as rebellious. Algernon Moncrieff mentioned “The amount of women who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks bad”(1.2). A message being portrayed is if women are already married and committed to their significant other, there is no need for flirting. The flirting is for single women and people whom are still looking for someone to be committed to. There were numerous roles and certain …show more content…
These rules were set to identify whom belonged to the upper class and whom were the lower class. In the play “The Importance Of Being Earnest”, Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax have a feud about being engaged to a young man named Ernest. When Merriman, Cecily and Jack’s butler walks in and hands Gwendolen and Cecily tea, Cecily must not act in such a vulgar way. Cecily switched to a more calm tone as soon as Merriman walks into the scene. “(Sternly, in a calm voice)” (2.7). The message Oscar Wilde is trying to convey is that butlers and servants are known to babble and are very observant people, when Merriman hands over the tea Cecily immediately more kind. Cecily must act a different way in front of Merriman so that he does not speak of her to other butlers and people, she does not want to have an atrocious name for herself. When people see how impolite someone is, their respect for the person will be much lower and they will be less