... play". In the Victorian era, wives, daughters and sisters were left at home all day to oversee the domestic duties that were increasingly carried out by servants. In The Importance of Being Earnest, however, this is not always the case, as gender role reversal is a common theme throughout the play, which naturally leads to comedy, as during the Victorian Era in the Aristocratic ... in this statement is interesting, as Lady Bracknell puts "I" before "your father", again reinforcing the idea that Lady Bracknell puts herself before her husband in terms of importance. Even though this would...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate