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This 5 page paper compares Wilde's play with Behn's in terms of how the Commonwealth treated society. Wilde's play exposes the failed customs and mores of his society, while Behn's play views the damaged caused by those customs and mores. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The importance of being Earnest is that it reflects a presumed desire by British society to be the most serious, the most influential and the most powerful society in
the world. This is why Oscar Wilde turned this desire into its opposite in The Importance of Being Earnest. His play exposes the failed customs and mores of his society.
Wilde does this by saying that it is important to be earnest while creating a preposterous tale about the marriage market. In
The Rover, Aphra Behn focuses on the same plot as Wilde, of mistaken identity and farce, to demonstrate the same tale as viewed from a womans standpoint. Using arranged marriage
as a backdrop, she creates a macabre carnival of a story demonstrating how damaging and contrary rape and ownership are to women within a "gentlemans" society. Unlike Wilde, who was
making a comment on the stupidity and false nature of institutions in a genteel society, Behns interest is in retelling the story and reversing womens diminished role.
Societal Backdrop The historical context is important to the plays because they were written during
the time of the British Commonwealth, a time when the very nation has lost its Empire status. Just as the Empire failed, so did societys rules continue to fail, these
playwrights would say, for societys laws are truly a farce when compared with individual desires and needs. This applies to any evolved society where the concept of the greater good
is established in the minds of citizenry as a whole, but at odds with individual citizens. In the society of Oscar Wildes play,
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