Upon reading "Lady Windermere's Fan", a play by Oscar Wilde, one can infer values the character possesses. Like a famous quote states: "People have one thing in common, we are all different"; in this play the characters are unique in thought.
Duchess of Berwick values her status in society. She is aware that she is part of a much more respected class and needs to always feel safe. She states that "The most dreadful people seem to go everywhere (lines 29-30)". and wonders what society is coming to. She also enjoys to be a nagging wife. She claims this is her role or else husbands would really forget the wives existence. Lord Darlington thinks marriage as a game, which is slowly going out of fashion. This insinuates that in society people don't value marriage anymore. It's simply a "game of cards." "the wives hold all the honours and invariably lose the odd trick." (lines 48-49) He also has lost the value of life, for he believes "life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it." (line 61-63).
The nature of this play's society symbolizes today's society. Marriage for one is becoming part of the shadows and life is now taken for granted. People are changing society and the coming generations only learn from what is seen. I claim that the play's society differs no other than ours. THe world is not a safe place. It never was or will be, unless the people ho inhabit it choose to make it.
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