Lady Windermere's Fan, by Oscar Wilde is a play of differing values within characters in nineteenth century London, The Duchess of Berwick, Lady Winderere, and Lord Darlington are the characters being analyzed. All values within the three characters are very different, They almost sort of contradict each other through their jest.
The Duchess of Berwick in the beginning of the excerpt seems to dislike the Lord, She says that he should not be allowed to the ball being thrown. Berwick's reasoning behind this is that Darlington will prey on all the women there, the women at the ball will not even see behind his false portrayed gentleman façade. The attitude that Berwick and Windermere portray is one of pretentiousness toward a "lower" standard of people, In line 21 Windermere states the ball is highly selective of its guests. The mood conveyed in this section of the writing is that, whomever you associate yourself with can either complete your social hierarchy or completely decimate it. Though Lord Darlington seems to think otherwise simply because, he is deemed "scummy" by a barrage or people including Berwick. Berwicks opinion of Darlington is stated in line 5 clearly stating that Darlington is far too wicked to be invited and even to know her own daughter. Even the seemingly quiet Windermere in line 35-36 disapproves of the debauchery scandalous reputation that precedes Lord.
The overall values of the people being quite contradictory, the moods are contradicted between the man and women. Lady Windermere and The Duchess of Berwick want to climb the social ladder through their ball being thrown. The exclusivity is challenged by Lord Darlington saying that if this standard is upheld that he would not qualify.
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