Importance of Being Earnest

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  1. 3. Wilde's lawsuit ultimately proved his own (blank); something that was still illegal
  2. 5. Writers highlighted this in Victorian high society showing their hollowness and materialism
  3. 7. Examples: sewage, industrial waste, and drainage from graveyards
  4. 10. The attitude to being easily shocked or offended
  5. 13. This failed for Wilde in 1893
  6. 14. one might say “I have the morbs” when feeling this way
  7. 15. Wilde died of this at the age of 46
  8. 18. (blank) class was further divided when London began to name streets and number houses
  9. 19. Wilde moved to this city after he served his prison sentence of 2 years
  10. 20. Victorian people were obsessed with this both literally and figuratively
  11. 21. This is a type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly to bring about social reform ​
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  1. 1. Another word for manners or the proper way to behave
  2. 2. The Woman's (blank) was the magazine that Wilde edited
  3. 4. The Importance of Being Earnest is subtitled "A (blank) Comedy for Serious People"
  4. 6. people needed to become this in order to read street signs
  5. 7. This type of famine created overcrowding in English cities
  6. 8. Wilde sued for this against the Marquess
  7. 9. Plays often made personal attacks on this group of people through the use of satire
  8. 11. Books became (blank) in order to keep the language "clean"
  9. 12. Wilde married (blank) Lloyd and had 2 sons with her
  10. 14. Wilde had an affair with this Lord that ultimately caused his imprisonment
  11. 16. playwrights had to appeal to Victorian (blank) in order to gain an audience for their plays
  12. 17. Writers and this group of people emphasized growth in literacy, morality, and hygiene