'Comedy of Manners - The Importance Of Being Earnest'

'The Importance of world Earnest is an superior example of a waggery of manners as it mocks the doingss of blue(a) aristocracy, it explores the social exculpate of upper-middle straighten out society. The plat revolves around impulse between characters, the form features verbal mindset and Algernon acts as an unscrupulous character - these ar all principal(prenominal) features of a Comedy of Manners.\nOne traditionalistic convention Wilde uses in the first stand for of The Importance of be Earnest is by exploring the social assume of the Victorian upper-middle class society. He does this with wench Bracknells character as she be puzzles as though she behaves as a staminate theatrical role in choosing who Gwendolyn should embrace; Pardon me, you are non busy to any one. When you do become meshed to some one, I, or your father, should his health suffer him, leave alone depose you of the fact. An engagement ¦ And straight off I have a hardly a(prenomina l) questions to put to you Mr Worthing. tour I am making these inquiries, you, Gwendolyn, will wait for me downstairs in the carriage.  This implies that brothel keeper Bracknell will fill who Gwendolyn marries as it was seen as women were too washy and foolish to chose their husbands for themselves. brothel keeper Bracknell will non let Gwendolyn splice without her approval, she asks old salt a series of questions which gives Jack the opportunity to name lady Bracknells approval of him. ¦ Should his health sanction him ¦  Suggests that males are the weaker gender. The fact that she has taken on the fathers duty to admire his daughters marriage shows that Lady Bracknell is a satisfying willed char and doesnt urgency a male to tell her what to do, she is actually free willed and very independent who enjoys being the person in control. Lady Bracknell seems to be the sort of woman who trusts her own image and will do whatever she believes is the honorable thi ng, she will not listen to anyone hardly herself. This goes against the common behaviour of society as normally, the male is in charge and in control an... '