Criticism of Hypocrisy in The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

Abstract

This paper focuses on the The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere's Fan, works by Oscar Wilde, and criticism of Victorian hypocrisy. The introductory part is dedicated to Victorian society, its issues, specificities, and values above all. Both plays are set into the socio-cultural context. In the following main part, the concentration is given to the mentioned dramas and elements of the Victorian society which are in these works criticised and considered hypocritical.