We know they fear the lower classes becoming conscious of their lavish ways, for example, Lady Bracknell is clearly afraid of education for the poor “Luckily in England, anyway , education has no effect. If this were the case, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes and would probably lead to violence in Grosvenor Square.” Lady Bracknell is one of the characters created by Wilde who possesses an immense amount of ignorance and seems to be aware of it. He is not only one of the most ignorant characters, but also the most morally corrupt, a recurring theme throughout the film. We see examples of this when he interrogates Jack in the first act, everything is going well until Jack mentions that he was found in a purse and doesn't come from a powerful background. Wilde does this to portray Lady Bracknell with very strong Victorian views that are illogical and entertaining to the reader, thus satirizing the values that are prominent in Victorian standards. As a result Lady Bracknell can be seen to be corrupt beyond reason, sacrificing her daughter's happiness for her Victorian values and ridiculing Jack for his less than exemplary past. Some critics believe that Lady Bracknell is a "living parody of upper-class values", which she may be
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