Comparing the Roles of Women in Arcadia, The Importance of Being Earnes

Comparing the Roles of Wo whilepower in Arcadia, The Importance of cosmos Earnest, and appearance Back in Anger In Arcadia, The Importance of Being Earnest, and enumerate Back in Anger, the women characters play distinct roles in the dramas. However, the type of roles, the type of characters portrayed, and the mathematical function the womens roles have in developing the plot and reputations vary in each play. As demonstrated by The Importance of Being Earnest and smell Back in Anger, the majority of womens roles ultimately reflect that women in British society were viewed to be unequal to men in love and in relationships and generally the weaker sex, emotionally, physically and intellectually. However, I have found an exception to this banal in the play Arcadia, in which Thomasina Coverly plays the role of a young genius. In Oscar Wildes drama The Importance of Being Earnest, he uses light-hearted tones and humor to poke variation at British high society while handling the serious group of truth and the true identity of who is really Earnest. Truth as theme is approximately significantly portrayed through the women characters, Gwendolen and Cecily but to present serious themes comically, Wilde portrays women to be the weaker sex of society, despite the seriousness of the subjectthe identity of the men they desire to marry. Gwendolen and Cecily act like air-heads and are easily won over by the men they plan to marry. Gwendolen simply wants to marry a man named Earnest. She tells Jack my pattern has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest (I.381-82). The mere idea of marrying a man for his name shows how easily Gwendolen can attach herself to a man. Marriage is the most serious of all relationships and Gwendolen is foolish to deter... ..., Stoppards creation of Thomasina opens the door of opportunity in the world of drama for more women characters to be created with the same intelligence and extol in regards to lo ve as well as academics. Works CitedFleming, John. Stoppards theatre of operations Finding Order amid Chaos. Austin University of Texas Press, 2001.Nadel, Ira. Tom Stoppard A Life. New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.Osborne, John. bet Back in Anger. New York Penguin, 1982. Stoppard, Tom. Arcadia. London Faber and Faber, 1993.Thompson, Doreen. Stoppards Idea of Woman Good, Bad, or Indifferent?. Ed. Anthony Jenkins. Critical Essays on Tom Stoppard. Boston G.K. Hall, 1990. 194-203.Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. Peter Raby, ed. Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays. London Oxford University Press, 1995. 247-307. Comparing the Roles of Women in Arcadia, The Importance of Being EarnesComparing the Roles of Women in Arcadia, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Look Back in Anger In Arcadia, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Look Back in Anger, the women characters play distinct roles in the dramas. However, the type of roles, the type of characters portrayed, and the purpose the womens roles have in developing the plot and themes vary in each play. As demonstrated by The Importance of Being Earnest and Look Back in Anger, the majority of womens roles ultimately reflect that women in British society were viewed to be unequal to men in love and in relationships and generally the weaker sex, emotionally, physically and intellectually. However, I have found an exception to this standard in the play Arcadia, in which Thomasina Coverly plays the role of a young genius. In Oscar Wildes drama The Importance of Being Earnest, he uses light-hearted tones and humor to poke fun at British high society while handling the serious theme of truth and the true identity of who is really Earnest. Truth as theme is most significantly portrayed through the women characters, Gwendolen and Cecily but to present serious themes comically, Wilde portrays women to be the weaker sex of society, despite the serio usness of the subjectthe identity of the men they want to marry. Gwendolen and Cecily act like air-heads and are easily won over by the men they plan to marry. Gwendolen simply wants to marry a man named Earnest. She tells Jack my ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest (I.381-82). The mere idea of marrying a man for his name shows how easily Gwendolen can attach herself to a man. Marriage is the most serious of all relationships and Gwendolen is foolish to deter... ..., Stoppards creation of Thomasina opens the door of opportunity in the world of drama for more women characters to be created with the same intelligence and respect in regards to love as well as academics. Works CitedFleming, John. Stoppards Theater Finding Order amid Chaos. Austin University of Texas Press, 2001.Nadel, Ira. Tom Stoppard A Life. New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.Osborne, John. Look Back in Anger. New York Penguin, 1982. Stoppard, Tom. Arcadia. London Faber and Faber, 1993.Thompson, Doreen. Stoppards Idea of Woman Good, Bad, or Indifferent?. Ed. Anthony Jenkins. Critical Essays on Tom Stoppard. Boston G.K. Hall, 1990. 194-203.Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. Peter Raby, ed. Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays. London Oxford University Press, 1995. 247-307.