# Appearance vs. Reality in An Ideal Husband

> Theme guide for An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.

Wilde contrasts surface-level charm and fashion with deeper truths, as characters wear masks of respectability or frivolity to conceal their true motives and histories.

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