22. Describe the character of Lady Bracknell. Would you like to have her as your mother or

caregiver? Why or why not?

Answer: Lady Bracknell is first and foremost a symbol of Victorian earnestness and the unhappiness it brings as a result. She is powerful, arrogant, ruthless to the extreme, conservative, and proper. In many ways, she represents Wilde's opinion of Victorian upper-class negativity, conservative and repressive values, and power.

Explanation: I would not want her as my mother because she enforces behavior enforces social discrimination and excludes those who do not fit into her new class.