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An Ideal HusbandIt is not easy to dig into a unified whole and find the parts that comprise it, especially to compare that to another whole and especially when both are created by a master. But this type of...
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An Ideal HusbandThe interesting irony of the plays An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde, and Love for Love, by William Congreve is that they both do not necessarily criticize the values, but actually mock them as...
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An Ideal HusbandThe two characters to be compared are Viscount Alfred, Lord Goring from An Ideal Husband and Valentine Legend from Love for Love. Although Love for Love is an example of Restoration comedy, An...
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An Ideal HusbandEducation and class come hand in hand in both plays, Love for Love and in An Ideal Husband. InLove for Love,Marlow is described as "bred educated", intelligent, and well-schooled man who, although...
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An Ideal HusbandIn An Ideal Husband, Wilde describes his characters, Lady Basildon and her best friend, Mrs. Marchmont, as ladies "of exquisite fragility." They are the female version of the nineteenth century...
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An Ideal HusbandIn Wilde's An Ideal Husband, love is defined by Victorian ideals. A man should be intelligent, moral, loyal, honest, and a good provider. The ideal woman, however, was one who finds a man to marry...
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An Ideal HusbandAside from being a dandy, complete with his trendsetting wardrobe, clueless life, and irresponsible nature Lord Arthur, Viscount Goring, has a redeeming quality that makes his defects pale in...
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An Ideal HusbandMarxism is a super wide and broad concept to reduce to one aspects of this particular play. However, if we go with Lenin's tripartite version of Marxism, we see that they are a) critique of...
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An Ideal HusbandTwo principle expressions of capitalism in An Ideal Husband involve Lord Chiltern and Lady Cheveley. In the first instance, Lord Chiltern confesses to Lord Goring that in his youth he followed the...
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An Ideal HusbandTo determine character motivation, analyze each character's goals and conflicts. Ask: What is it that each character wants? The ask: What is it that prevents each character from attaining that...
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An Ideal HusbandFantastic question!Oscar Wilde is a true Greek and a lover of classical literature, art, architecturel and all forms of Greek art. This serves as an argument in favor of An Ideal Husband and,...
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An Ideal HusbandOscar Wilde wrote An Ideal Husband during the decade known as the "Naughty Nineties," the twilight years of England's Victorian era. This period was distinguished by England's growth as...
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An Ideal HusbandWilde used his play "An Ideal Husband" to reiterate his belief that no matter who the individual is, all men and women have secrets to hide. Through the action of the play, Wilde infers...
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An Ideal HusbandI'm not sure whether you are asking what the main points are of the play as a whole, or whether you are asking what a character in the play believes makes a perfect husband. I believe both...