Whilst being laced with Wilde’s incomparable wit, “an ideal husband” deals with issues which remain as serious today as they were in 1895

Although the play was written over one hundred years ago, Oscar Wilde deals with important issues, such as society, politics, marriage and hypocrisy. They are dealt with in such a way that Wilde could have been writing in the present day. Whilst the play an ideal husband is crammed full of Wild’s incomparable wit, much of the humour has a deeper and darker meaning Like many play writes, Oscar Wilde was aware that many people are hypocrites; as shown in this quote, “men would call it shameful and dishonourable – Men who every day do something of the same kind themselves. Men who, each one of them, have worse secrets in their own lives.” (Act II, Pg 141). The play is founded on a base of hypocrisy. Wilde’s views of an eighteenth century hypocritical society are portrayed throughout the play by most, if not all of the characters. A lot of the play revolves around hypocrisy. “This is the game of life as we all have to play it, sooner or later.”(Act I, Pg 128) A perfect exampl...