Question

Jack has an insurmountable impediment to marrying gwendolen in his background: what, as lady bracknell sees it, is this problem? how does she propose that he resolve this problem? what is wilde satirizing in this situation?

Answer 1

The problem between Jack and Gwendolen marrying, as seen by Lady Brackwell, is that he had no close family to raise him. She believes that if he is able to create a family and build a relationship with them, he will be able to solve this issue. This satirizes how little movement and transitions happens between the different Victorian Era social classes.