Mauldrin LwakiEnglish IV KApril 1, 2014Spring K Research In both Pride and Prejudice and Lady Windermere's Fan, the main topic of discussion was love and family . Jane Austen talked about love and different social hierarchy in Pride and Prejudice, while Oscar Wilde mainly focused on family. Both stories also deal with good manners, for example of Mr. Collins and his awkward social interactions. Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde can both be compared in their literary works when it comes to the concept of love and marriage. "Do not make yourself uneasy, my dear cousin, about your dress. Mrs. Benet is far from requiring that elegance in dress in us which she and her daughter become. I might simply advise you to wear whatever of your clothes is superior to the others: there is no reason to do anything more, Lady Catherine will not think worse of you because you are simply dressed she prefers that the distinction of rank be preserved." (Austen, 1813). The quote showed how Lady Catherine likes to appear socially inferior, even though she doesn't have that much wealth. In Pride and Prejudice the main topic of discussion was social class. Whose family owned what or how much a man is worth. Lady Windermere's fan talked about some parts associated with social class, such as some people thinking they are better than others because of how much money they have or who they know. There was a tendency to ridicule upper-class men who considered themselves better than others. For example, the Duchess of Berwick is portrayed as a dominating gossip and Agatha is portrayed as meek. “If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, you're not. Such is the astonishing stupidity of optimism” (Wilde… middle of paper… would he be unhappy in an “unequal marriage”? Or does Mr. Bennet still think that in a relationship the man must be more intelligent than the woman, so much so that he considers him "a superior" (Austen, 1892). Mr. Bennet ultimately cares for his daughter and wants nothing but the best for her. Lady Windermere's Fan, there was another main topic, marriage , for example the dysfunctional relationship between Lady Windermere and her husband. Readers find out that he has an affair with Lady Windermere's mother from morality "The main scandal or gossip of the play is who Erlynne really was, and also the problems of Lady Windermere with her husband. Word quoted Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice 1813. Oscar, Wilde's Fan 1893. Print.