... gives Lady Bracknell the upper hand as many mothers of this time would be ordinarily not be as involved in their daughter's marriage, but this way she gets to personally test whether Jack is a worthy suitor for Gwendoline, and is able to give her own opinion of him, without her husband getting in the way. As she says "You can take ... there is an even balance of gender role reversal and stereotypical behaviour, and the two seem to come one after the other. Wilde uses gender role reversal to imply that personality and gender have very little to do with each other. Some women, like Gwendo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... a well rounded woman, being energetic, intelligent and has a great deal of ambition towards her chrysanthemums, Nevertheless, the positivity to her personality is wasted and unnoticed by her male dominated surroundings and she is only able to put her abilities to the test towards the duties suitable for a woman. As opposed to being Henry's right hand man, Elisa stays in her garden with ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate