An Ideal Husband is an 1895 play by Oscar Wilde. In the play, which is a satire, Wilde suggests that a character named Lady Gertrude Chiltern is perceived as both extremely virtuous and unforgiving, as is evident when another character says ______

Which quotation from An Ideal Husband most effectively illustrates the claim?

Question

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 play by Oscar Wilde. In the play, which is a satire, Wilde suggests that a character named Lady Gertrude Chiltern is perceived as both extremely virtuous and unforgiving, as is evident when another character says ______

Which quotation from An Ideal Husband most effectively illustrates the claim?

Accepted Answer

"[Lady Chiltern] does not know what weakness or temptation is. I am of clay like other men. She stands apart as good women do--pitiless in her perfection--cold and stern and without mercy."

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"Lady Chiltern is a woman of the very highest principles, I am glad to say, I am a little too old now, myself, to trouble about setting a good example, but I always admire people who do."

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"Do you know, [Lady Chiltern], I don't mind your talking morality a bit. Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike."

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"Lady Chiltern, you are a sensible woman, the most sensible woman in London, the most sensible woman I know."