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