Lady bracknell. pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. when you do become engaged to some one, i, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. an engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. it is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself . . wilde uses lady bracknell’s words to poke fun at marriage by having her speak unhappily of her own marriage. speak lovingly of her own husband. imply that young women do not have a choice in their own marriages. imply that marriages are happiest when based on romantic love.

imply that young women do not have a choice in their own marriages.

Explanation:

This is a critique on society's cultural norms about marriage in the “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde. Lady Bracknell said this as a reply to her daughter, Gwendolen's announcement about her engagement to Jack/Ernst. This quote reflects the state of societal norms in England at the time. Marriage was treated as more of a business deal rather than a commitment of lifelong companionship between two people. It also implies that women had absolutely no say in decisions regarding their marriage.

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explanation:

mrs. mallard has a heart condition, which means that if she's startled she could die. so, when news comes that her husband's been killed in an accident, the people who tell her have to cushion the blow.

mrs. mallard's sister josephine sits down with her and dances around the truth until mrs. mallard finally understands what happened. the deceased mr. mallard's friend, richards, hangs out with them for moral support.

richards originally found out because he had been in the newspaper headquarters when a report of the accident that killed mr. mallard, which happened on a train, came through. richards waited for proof from a second source before going to the mallards' to share the news.

when mrs. mallard finds out what happened she acts differently from most women in the same position, who might disbelieve it. she cries passionately before deciding to go to her room to be by herself.

in her room, mrs. mallard sits down on a comfy chair and feels completely depleted. she looks out the window and looks out at a world that seems alive and fresh. she can see the sky coming between the rain clouds.

mrs. mallard sits still, occasionally crying briefly like a kid might.

the narrator describes her as youthful and pretty, but because of this news she looks preoccupied and absent.

she seems to be holding out for some kind of unknown news or knowledge, which she can tell is approaching.

mrs. mallard breathes heavily and tries to resist before succumbing to this unknown thing, which is a feeling of freedom.

acknowledging freedom makes her revive, and she doesn't consider whether she should feel bad about it.

mrs. mallard thinks to herself about how she'll cry when she sees her husband's dead body and how much he loved her. even so, she's kind of excited about the chance to make her own decisions and not feel accountable to anyone.

mrs. mallard feels even more swept up by the idea of freedom than the fact that she had felt love for her husband.

here is the link:

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