The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.
Gwendolen expresses concern that the way her mother thinks might stop them from getting married. Shows that what parents think is considered more important, etc.
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The line is immaterial. Mr. Worthing, I confess I feel somewhat bewildered by what you have just told me. To be born, or at any rate bred, in a hand-bag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me to display a contempt for the ordinary decencies of family life that reminds one of the worst excesses of the French Revolution.
Lady Bracknell no longer approves. She started out loving him--he was the perfect fit for her daughter. As Jack tells her about his background, Lady Bracknell realizes that this is not the type of person they want in their family..
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A man should always have an occupation of some kind.
He must be able to support her daughter somehow
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And now I have a few questions to put to you, Mr. Worthing.
Before she will give permission to him to marry Gwendolen, she wants to question him
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I didn’t think it polite to listen, sir.
Lane gives utmost respect to Algernon, he is the butler and Algernon is his superior. He doesn't want to tell him that he's actually bad at piano.
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They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta.
Algernon prepares for his guest--he wants to please them.
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