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MARRIAGE. XIN YI KATRINA TRISHYA ANDREW REGANT. Who?. “ I am in love with Gwendolen . I have come up to town expressly to propose to her.”. “The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted.” Contradicting, holy bible, trivial. JACK.
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MARRIAGE XIN YI KATRINA TRISHYA ANDREW REGANT
Who? “I am in love with Gwendolen. I have come up to town expressly to propose to her.” “The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted.” Contradicting, holy bible, trivial JACK “Gwendolen, I must get christened at once-I mean we must get married at once. There is no time to be lost.” Comedy, hidden identity “You need not eat as if you were going to eat it all. You behave as if you were married to her already.” Victorian society
Which moments? “I am afraid you have had very little experience in how to propose.” Inversion, comedy “Divorces are made in Heaven” Holy Bible, trivial “I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing…..the very essence of romance is uncertainty. If I ever get married, I’ll certainly try to forget the fact.” Comedy “..girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don’t think it right.” Victorian society, patriarchy
Why is Marriage a central theme? Personal experience. Wilde had a bad marriage. Victorian times Satire Relates to all themes, brings it together, main subject discussed.