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Summary: The summer Alison was thirteen, important events in her coming of age overlapped with shifts in her family and in the country. The Watergate scandal occurred, Alison started menstruating, and her father told her he was going to a psychiatrist.
- Old Father, Old Artificer
She writes, "His shame inhabited our house as pervasively...
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"The Ideal Husband" invokes Oscar Wilde's 1895 comedic stage...
- A Happy Death
"The Ideal Husband" "The Antihero's Journey" Symbols,...
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As she relates in this memoir, Bechdel grew up steeped in...
- Symbols, Allegory and Motifs
"It could have been a romantic story, like in 'It's a...
- Literary Elements
-Bechdel writes, "My brothers and I had lots of chores at...
- James Joyce
James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist and poet,...
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- Old Father, Old Artificer
Wilde took Douglas to court for libel and lost. Over images of Helen rehearsing the play, Alison narrates that Wilde was then tried for committing indecent acts and sent to prison while “both The Importance and The Ideal Husband were playing to full houses.”
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When Lord Goring asks what happened, Robert tells him that Mrs. Cheveley herself told Lady Chiltern. After telling the story, he buries his face in his hands. Lord Goring tries to think of things to do and asks if he has received any reply from his letter about Mrs. Cheveley yet.
An Ideal Husband (Act 1) Lyrics. The octagon room at Sir Robert Chiltern’s house in Grosvenor Square. [The room is brilliantly lighted and full of guests. At the top of the staircase stands lady...
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A summary of Act 1, Part 2 in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of An Ideal Husband and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Mabel and Lord Goring become engaged, Robert and lady Chiltern reconcile, and peace is restored. Get all the key plot points of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.