The Victorian Age : An Upper Class Society

manner during the Victorian Age. The Victorian Age was a period of peace and sensibility. The Importance of Being Earnest was an early trial in Victorian melodrama. This play was particularly known as a satire with a touch of sentimental comedy. This play was known for its worldly deliberately farce. The Victorian society dealt with

the issues such as money, marriage, and social status during the Victorian Age. The upper-class society of the Victorian period can be exemplified by the characters to give us knowledge and understanding of the play. One scene where Lady Bracknell disapproves of Algernon’s proposal to Cecily because she thinks that Cecily does not possess a lot of money nor social status. As such, Wilde believes that the Upper-class Victorian society should not take trivial matters such as money, marriage, social

specific behaviors from the characters of Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen, and Algernon that portray Wilde’s opinion of society during the Victorian Age. The attitude of these characters is snobbish and their manners display double standards and superiority. The play’s use of mockery and irony of these satirical situations is meant to publicly ridicule the self- loving attitude of the upper class while exposing their true absence of intelligence which causes their absurd social behaviors The Importance of

the category of being homosexual during the Victorian era. Oscar was a practicing homosexual at the wrong time in history. In England of the 1890s, this practice was not only illegal but was considered to be so despicable that no one of substance would even speak to a known homosexual” (). Wilde’s play “ The Importance of being Ernest” corresponds to his life of wanting to be someone else other than being someone that follows the role of the upper class he wanted to pursue a life of having the ability

“The Victorian society was divided into Upper Class, Middle Class, and the Working Class. The Victorian Upper Class consisted of the Aristocrats, Nobles, Dukes, other wealthy families working in the Victorian courts. The Upper Class was in a powerful position giving them authority, better living conditions, and other facilities.” (Victorian-Era.org) During Victorian England, a person's social class decided their education, jobs, and medical treatment. The Working Class people hardly received any

Peace & Prosperity Social Class & Child Labour during the Victorian Era The year is 1837. The king is dead. It is the start of a new era as the new queen takes place. An era of change and transition. Queen Victoria is to sit on the throne, Empress of India, and last monarch of House Hanover. Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901; this is referred to as the Victorian era. She was an icon for a time of change even though she really did not sit with a lot of power, as the United Kingdom already was

the category of being homosexual during the Victorian era. Oscar was a practicing homosexual at the wrong time in history. In England of the 1890s, this practice was not only illegal, but was considered to be so despicable that no one of substance would even speak to a known homosexual” (). Wilde’s play “ The Importance of being Ernest” corresponds to his life of wanting to be someone else other than being someone that follows the role of the upper class he wanted to pursue a life of having the ability

Victorian Era (1837-1901), the reign of Queen Victoria. The Victorian age was flourished with various social and religious movements and sometimes been called as "Second English Renaissance". The year 1830 is usually considered as an end to Romantic period in Britain and marked the starting date for Victorianism. The Victorians were often called "prudish and repressive". They seem to be the great enemies of sexuality. Middle-Class Victorians attempt to hide, evade, repress, deny the idea of sexuality

The class system during the Victorian Period played a significant role on people’s lives. The class a person belonged to played an important role in that individual’s future. In Victorian England, class diversity and class placement either hindered or enhanced people’s lives. One work of literature that comments on class distinctions in Victorian England is “The Importance of Being Earnest”, by Oscar Wilde. In “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Wilde expresses the concern with the Victorian people

England under the Victorian Era was a fascinating place to live. The streets of London were filled with horse-drawn carriages and tightly spaced flats. Along with those, the streets were also a place for theft, sickness, and musk from the local factories. Crime was present throughout the cities. Drug use and prostitution were the highest forms of criminal behavior (Garside). Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved and well-known character, Sherlock Holmes, emerged from the Victorian Era. The people of London