The Victorian Era research helped me a lot to understand how times were back then. For example, I found out that the men were supposed to always be in charge of the family. I also learned that women back then wanted to be cared for and therefore it was not unusual for an 18 year old girl to marry a 35 year old man. From my research I have been able to understand certain situations in the story. Many things that I learned about in my research happened in The Importance of Being Ernest.

One concrete detail that involves some of my research is when Jack is almost getting interviewed to be Gwendolen's husband. Lady Bracknell asks him about parents, income, etc. because she wants what is best for Gwendolen. Another example from my research is Algernon seems older/slightly more mature then Cecily is. Cecily is only 18 but Algernon seems as though he is 25 years old even though he's not. They get engaged very young which was uncommon back then.