The Victorian upper class lived by certain rules and expectations regarding marriage and wealth. Marriage was arranged only betw
een members of the same social class, and could happen only after a formal courtship. Parents and guardians took care to oversee the arrangements. Marriage was often a way for families to preserve the tradition of wealth. How do Lady Bracknell’s words reflect Victorian social codes?
She approves of Miss Cardew as a match for Algernon because of Miss Cardew’s wealth.
She approves of Miss Cardew as a match for Algernon because of Miss Cardew’s inner beauty.
She does not approve of Miss Cardew because Miss Cardew does not have solid qualities.
…classification of constitutions in his Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690). Unlike Aristotle, however, Locke was an unequivocal supporter of political equality, individual liberty, democracy, and majority rule.