Victorian Er Colonial Era - 1305 Words

Ibrahim Kisswani Prof. Schultz English 102 Apr. 19th 2016 Victorian Era Friends In Victorian Era England, men had bonds that most men would not be familiar with in our generation. Back then, a man’s friendship was not intended for genuine friendship, but more of a form of self-serves pleasure. This focused mostly on the men of the upper class due to the fact that they had a great amount of secrecy, such as homosexuality, surrounding their class. These friendships were also made for personal things such as, reputation, homosexual pleasure, and marriage as well. They would additionally form these bonds to obtain something or someone for an individual to use. Men would also create these false friendships with other men in their class due to†¦show more content†¦JACK: May I ask why? ALGERNON: My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful. It is almost as bad as the way Gwendolen flirts with you. JACK: I am in love with Gwendolen. I have come up to town expressly to propose to her. ALGERNON: I thought you had come up for pleasure? †¦ I call that business. (Wilde, the Important of Being Ernest) Jack was using his â€Å"friend† Algernon as method of proposing to his cousin Gwendolen without going through the entire process of the arranged marriage, which shows how Jack only required his friendship with Algernon to help himself in marrying Gwendolen. Unfortunately though, Algernon saw right through the bluff meaning he has probably done something similar to that, which was surprisingly a very common thing yet not many people expect it or see right through it. Most business in the Victorian Era was between the upper class citizens because that was where all the money and wealth was. Many citizen in the upper class however, always had something other upper class citizens wanted, whether it was a piece of land, servant, vehicle, or even a cigarette holder, that wasn’t meant for official business. Men would pretend to be friends with the owner of the object they wanted,