# Gender and Society in An Ideal Husband

> Theme guide for An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.

The play critiques gender roles, showing women as moral arbiters (Lady Chiltern) or manipulative schemers (Mrs. Cheveley), while men navigate public ambition and private guilt.

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