•satire
•deception (pretending to be someone you are not, double life)
•status and occupation
•marriage and courtship
•loyalty
•materialism and idealism
•food
•idealism
•importance of names
•smoking as a custom
•taking tea and dinner parties
•ambition
•customs
How are these themes shown today?
Everyday:
•status and occupation (people are judged by their occupation and are out into social groups based on that: for example an actor is considered higher status than a maid) also, nowadays there are more ways to become popular than just being born into a good family: if you are an actor you are automatically a higher social class whereas in Earnest you are of high status if you are born into a high status family
•marriage is an important part of life but nowadays people get married for love more often instead of gaining status and money. Also, the ambition to get married is not as big as in earnest because marriage is not always only about gaining money and status.
Social issues:
•status today links with the different levels of respect people have towards each other. It creates certain groups in the bigger society and people are divided into social groups based on how much money they have and their names just like in Earnest. These status groups are still found in schools, governments and jobs. Also, actors nowadays are always considered high status
Global issues:
•food nowadays is all about selling to the market but is not about caring about the health of the buyers, food is all about bringing people together and getting money.
•deception (pretending to be someone you are not, double life)
•status and occupation
•marriage and courtship
•loyalty
•materialism and idealism
•food
•idealism
•importance of names
•smoking as a custom
•taking tea and dinner parties
•ambition
•customs
How are these themes shown today?
Everyday:
•status and occupation (people are judged by their occupation and are out into social groups based on that: for example an actor is considered higher status than a maid) also, nowadays there are more ways to become popular than just being born into a good family: if you are an actor you are automatically a higher social class whereas in Earnest you are of high status if you are born into a high status family
•marriage is an important part of life but nowadays people get married for love more often instead of gaining status and money. Also, the ambition to get married is not as big as in earnest because marriage is not always only about gaining money and status.
Social issues:
•status today links with the different levels of respect people have towards each other. It creates certain groups in the bigger society and people are divided into social groups based on how much money they have and their names just like in Earnest. These status groups are still found in schools, governments and jobs. Also, actors nowadays are always considered high status
Global issues:
•food nowadays is all about selling to the market but is not about caring about the health of the buyers, food is all about bringing people together and getting money.
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