Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband (Annotated) Oscar Wilde

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its characteristics. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective. An ideal husband (An Ideal Husband in its original version) is a play in four acts by author Oscar Wilde released on January 3, 1895. Sir Robert Chiltern is now Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, it is because he has kept secret the origin of his fortune: a fraudulent transaction for which he sold state secrets to Baron Arnehim. All English high society and their peers in the House of Commons have him as a respectable and complete man. Symbol of honesty and future political competition seems bright, always with the support of his wife, Lady Chiltern, who considers him the ideal husband. However, appearances are misleading and the social order is based solely on individual and collective lies.