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

Matriarchal Figures in The grandeur of creation costly by Oscar Wilde and Persuasion by Jane AustenA dominant female outgrowth of the family1 is often described as amatriarch. bird Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest andLady Russell in Persuasion fulfill this purpose therefore can bedescribed as matriarchs, and as such they play vital roles. Theyaffect the lives of Gwendolen and Anne, by imposing their beliefs onthem.Although Lady 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 bind over Anne, as Anne hadalways loved and relied on her and cannot believe she would becontinually advising her in vain. The matriarchs atomic number 18 pivotal as theyare the prime reasons for the plots complications Lady Bracknelltries to prevent two potential marriages between hoot and Gwendolen,and Algernon and Cecily, and she is the reason Jack finds out abouthis family connections. Lady Russell persuades Anne not to spliceWentworth causing eight years of heartache and misery, as she waswrongly persuaded. She induces and complications by trying topersuade Anne to embrace William Walter Elliot, when Anne and Wentworthmeet again.Lady Bracknells importance is enhanced because she overshadows herhusband, which is true to her matriarch ways, and he occupies a ally position. Lady Bracknell has taken the opposite role tothat which society accepted in the 1890s, her husband stays at hearthstone,while she goes to social gatherings. Her husbands role is summed upin Gwendolens speech 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 light,and only approves of alliances with work force with money, such as CharlesMusgrove and William Walter Elliot. The matriarchs actions and adviceto women would be dont marry for money, un less go where money is8.1 The Pocket Oxford Dictionary2 York march on Notes The Importance of Being Earnest3 Richard Foster , Wilde as Parodist A Second belief at The Importance of Being Earnest4 Inside 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 nobleman Tennyson as quoted in Class