Research Paper Assignment: Pick one of the following for your topic:
1. Compare and contrast An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere's Fan.
2. How do the following character's demonstrate Oscar Wilde's observations about women: Lady Markby, Gwendolyn, Lady Chiltern, Mrs. Cheevley, Miss Mable, Lady Bracknell.
3. How do the following character's demonstrate Oscar Wilde's observations about men: Lord Goering, Algemon, Lord Windermere, Tommy Trafton, Augustus Lorton, Lord Goering's Butler
4. Pick three examples of Oscar Wilde's unique use of contradictory language from each play and discuss the multiple meanings of the examples chosen. How did these examples show both the specific character of the speaker and how did each develop the themes of the play in which it appears.
5. Pick five social rules of Edwardian society. Discuss what the implications of the rules were then and how we handle the similar problem today.
6. Using at least three examples from each play, demonstrate how Oscar Wilde satirized his society. Using the foregoing material, how do you think Oscar Wilde would like the rules of his society changed. Discuss whether or not the changes Oscar Wilde envisioned have occurred or not. Have the changes been successful.