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The Importance Of Being Earnest, By Oscar Wilde

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Dorian Gray Rough Draft In the play, The Importance of Being Earnest and the book, Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, both societies that are being represented come from the Victorian Era, a time in which strict morality was very important. No one did anything sinful in public due to the fear of being judged by the people around them and because of their desire for the essence of purity. The Victorian’s being hypocrites, kept things very private between each other so no one would find out about the things they've done wrong. These ideas flowed throughout both stories and had a heavy influence on the character’s actions and motives. In The Importance of Being Earnest, the values of the Victorian Era were heavily applied and affected most of the
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