Act I
Lady Bracknell: 'I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.'
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From The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Lady Bracknell's interview of Jack as a prospective son-in-law epitomizes Wilde's satire of the aristocratic marriage market, treating courtship as a matter of property, politics, and pedigree rather than affection.
Act I
On smoking: 'I am glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind.'
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Lady Bracknell dismisses the French Revolution's outcomes and warns of social unrest among the uneducated.
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