Answer:
Miss Prism. No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.
Explanation:
The story "The Importance of Being Earnest" is a classic example of comedy of manners. The story presents the picture of Victorian upper class society. The norms prevalent in the society at that time revolved around materialistic nature and superficial attitude. The Victorian society was much indulged in hypocrisy and frivolous nature. The materialistic nature and the norms of the society has been highlighted in the story.
The above line said by Miss Prism is an example of the feature of a comedy of manners. The importance of a husband has been only specified to his wife because of the materialistic support that the husband gives to the wife. The emotional aspect is not touched by this statement.
Even though it is a little bit complicated to distinguish the different options, these are the answers:
1. Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 until his death (1658).
2. King Charles I was executed by Puritans in January 1649, since he rejected the demand of the English Parliament for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.
3. The Commonwealth of England was created after the end of the Second Civil War and the execution of Charles I, in 1649, and it lasted until 1660. During that time, England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland were ruled as a republic.
4. Theaters in London closed between 1642 and 1660.
5. The office of the Lord Protector was created in 1653.
6. The English Civil Wars (there were three of them in this period) took place between 1642 and 1651. The First Civil War took place between 1642 and 1646. It was a conflict between supporters of the monarchy of Charles I and those who rejected it.
