ESSAY ON: ‘Femme Fatales’ (Fatal Women) in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s Drama, “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray” (1893) and Oscar Wilde’s Comedy, “An Ideal Husband” (1895)

Number of Pages 10

This research paper: A 10 page paper which examines how rebellious femme fatales were treated in these so-called nineteenth-century society plays. Specifically discussed are what it is about these women that made them what society deemed as ‘rebellious,’ how each playwright depicted their respective femme fatales, and what the differences in these portrayals reveal about Victorian society as the century was drawing to a close. Bibliography lists 8 sources.


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