Matriarchal Figures in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde a

Matriarchal Figures in The magnificence of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and prospect by Jane AustenA predominant female member of the family1 is often described as amatriarch. chick Bracknell in The Importance of being Earnest and maam Russell in prospect fulfill this role therefore can bedescribed as matriarchs, and as such they play vital roles. Theyaffect the lives of Gwendolen and Anne, by horrible their beliefs onthem.Although peeress Russell is not related to any of the characters inPersuasion, after Annes mother died Lady Russell took on the roleof her mother. Lady Russell has some control over Anne, as Anne hadalways loved and relied on her and cannot believe she would becontinually advising her in vain. The matriarchs are glacial as theyare the prime reasons for the plots complications Lady Bracknelltries to prevent two potential drop marriages between Jack and Gwendolen,and Algernon and Cecily, and she is the reason Jack finds out abouthis family connections. Lad y Russell persuades Anne not to marryWentworth causing eight years of heartache and misery, as she waswrongly persuaded. She induces further complications by trying topersuade Anne to marry William Walter Elliot, when Anne and Wentworth abut again.Lady Bracknells importance is enhanced because she overshadows herhusband, which is true to her matriarch ways, and he occupies asubordinate position. Lady Bracknell has taken the opposite role tothat which rescript accepted in the 1890s, her husband stays at home,while she goes to affable gatherings. Her husbands role is summed upin Gwendolens saving to Cecily about her father.The home seems to be the proper sphere for the man. And certainly,once a m... ...y say that Anne should marry formoney she deprecated the connexion to Wentworth in every washy,and only approves of alliances with men with money, such as CharlesMusgrove and William Walter Elliot. The matriarchs actions and adviceto women would be dont marry for money, but go wher e money is8.1 The Pocket Oxford Dictionary2 York in advance(p) Notes The Importance of Being Earnest3 Richard Foster , Wilde as Parodist A Second Look at The Importance of Being Earnest4 inside(a) the House of Fiction, Jane Austens Cover Story5 Dan Rebellato, Drama Classics Series, The Importance of Being Earnest6 York Notes Advanced The Importance of Being Earnest7 Richard Foster , Wilde as Parodist A Second Look at The Importance of Being Earnest8 Juliet McMaster , Alfred Lord Tennyson as quoted in Class