"An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde

Many forms of drama deal with the social and political issues of a particular society. In comedies such as Oscar Wilde's nineteenth century play, An Ideal Husband, the author often makes fun of such issues, or presents them in a different way than what the audience might usually see them. These issues might include such aspects as the relationships between the sexes in a particular class, or certain comical habits that were not usually accepted or permitted by that society. While these may be presented in a comical way to the original audience, these issues might have a totally differen…