Zahwa Ezzelden
Prof. Forman
12/01/2017
Gender Queer Theories
In the short drama “The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde”, the story takes place in the Victorian Era. In the Victorian Era, it was very common for the Male to be in charge, and the one with the higher classes, versus the female, where the female is usually the one that would stay home, cook and clean and be the modest one. Oscar Wilde took a spin on the “proper” gender roles that are appropriate for that Era and he made the male characters seem more irresponsible and foolish and the female characters with more of a higher class, intelligent and more respected. Lady Bracknell, Algernon’s aunt, was more of the “powerful” characters of this play and was the most respected; the same for her daughter, Gwendolen Fairfax. …show more content…
The women, in this play, have more of a firm, developed personality and know exactly what they want. On the other hand, those males are completely different. In the Victorian Era, what a man says, a woman has to listen to him no matter what because he is supposed to be the more “responsible” one and the more “respected one”. Jack and Algernon are not your typical Victorian man stereotype. Algernon is not really taken that seriously and not that masculine because he cares more about appearance than anything. When he goes to the country to meet Cecily, at the very beginning he feels intimidated by her. She did not feel intimidated at all; in fact she questioned him the whole time. Wilde was not afraid to write in powerful women in his
Prof. Forman
12/01/2017
Gender Queer Theories
In the short drama “The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde”, the story takes place in the Victorian Era. In the Victorian Era, it was very common for the Male to be in charge, and the one with the higher classes, versus the female, where the female is usually the one that would stay home, cook and clean and be the modest one. Oscar Wilde took a spin on the “proper” gender roles that are appropriate for that Era and he made the male characters seem more irresponsible and foolish and the female characters with more of a higher class, intelligent and more respected. Lady Bracknell, Algernon’s aunt, was more of the “powerful” characters of this play and was the most respected; the same for her daughter, Gwendolen Fairfax. …show more content…
The women, in this play, have more of a firm, developed personality and know exactly what they want. On the other hand, those males are completely different. In the Victorian Era, what a man says, a woman has to listen to him no matter what because he is supposed to be the more “responsible” one and the more “respected one”. Jack and Algernon are not your typical Victorian man stereotype. Algernon is not really taken that seriously and not that masculine because he cares more about appearance than anything. When he goes to the country to meet Cecily, at the very beginning he feels intimidated by her. She did not feel intimidated at all; in fact she questioned him the whole time. Wilde was not afraid to write in powerful women in his