The Importance of Being Ernest/Victorian Research

Researching the Victorian era improved my understanding of "The Importance of Being Ernest". I found out the roles of men and women were largely different. When the men were expected to work and provide for their families the women had to stay home and raise the children so that they can marry into a higher social class. Jack (Ernest) and his ward Cecily are a good example of this. Jack goes to the city and Cecily had to stay in the country and learn things like German.

A second connection between the book and the Victorian are was the difference in social classes. This is shown in the book at how Algernon treats his man servant. He has him bring everything to him and take luggage aground. Lane also takes the blame for not having cucumber sandwiches when Algernon ate all of them. He is a lower class then Algernon and when they talk about marriage Lane's life story was pushed aside and deemed as too boring for Algernon to listen too.