# Marriage as a Social Contract in A Woman of No Importance

> Theme guide for A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde.

Marriage is portrayed as a transactional institution driven by social expectations rather than love, with characters like Lady Caroline advocating for forced marriage and Mrs. Allonby treating husbands as property, while Mrs. Arbuthnot refuses a hypocritical marriage to her seducer.

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