What Are The Gender Stereotypes In The Importance Of Being Earnest
s Wilde upholding the gender stereotypes of this time?I truly believe that Wilde is upholding the gender stereotypes of this time in the book The Importance of Being Earnest. Men are to support the wife and family in this time while the woman are to be at home at the house doing chores and making the food. Wilde never lied about the day to day doings of the men, woman, and children. He gives all of the characters their own personality, men to be supporting the wife and kids finically and the women to be at home with chores and learning. Throughout the play Wilde shows the gender stereotypes throughout the characters and how they act, how the men and women act different from modern times but correct for this time era. In this play Wilde uses gender stereotypes of this time era with the help of the old English language. He used
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The cover of the book shows the guy will his hair combed over in a suit of how men would dress in this time era. Throughout the play Wilde uses irony with the old English language to show the language that was used in that time period. He shows the gender stereotypes throughout the characters of the play. For example, in the beginning of the book one of the characters Algernon says: "A girl with a simple, unspoiled nature, like Gwendolen, could hardly be expected to reside in the country" (26). This shows that
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Freir 2women are so quick to change their minds, that one moment Gwendolen would want to live in the country and the next she will want to leave the country.Another example of upholding gender stereotypes is Miss Prism saying: "Child, you know how anxious your guardian is that you should improve yourself in every way." (33). She is saying that Cecily is a pretty girl that should improve every way she can, by learning and being educated about everything that she can.
The cover of the book shows the guy will his hair combed over in a suit of how men would dress in this time era. Throughout the play Wilde uses irony with the old English language to show the language that was used in that time period. He shows the gender stereotypes throughout the characters of the play. For example, in the beginning of the book one of the characters Algernon says: "A girl with a simple, unspoiled nature, like Gwendolen, could hardly be expected to reside in the country" (26). This shows that
Lori Pouillon
The title of the book needs to be in Italics
Freir 2women are so quick to change their minds, that one moment Gwendolen would want to live in the country and the next she will want to leave the country.Another example of upholding gender stereotypes is Miss Prism saying: "Child, you know how anxious your guardian is that you should improve yourself in every way." (33). She is saying that Cecily is a pretty girl that should improve every way she can, by learning and being educated about everything that she can.