Elena Agathokleous 
Oscar Wilde’s main characters in ’An Ideal Husband’ 
Their relation to art and what it means to be an artist

Essay from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies – Literature, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The paper discusses the main characters in Oscar Wilde’s play “An Ideal Husband” and their relation to art and what it means to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde was a writer who often protested against the Victorian ideology through his work and often wrote about how societal norms and rules were mere control tools imposed by the few who wanted to establish their power over others.