Question

Which lines in this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde show that Lady Bracknell places utmost importance on wealth and appearances?

1 > A moment, Mr. Worthing. A hundred and thirty thousand pounds! And in the Funds! Miss Cardew seems to me a most attractive young lady, now that I look at her.
2 > Few girls of the present day have any really solid qualities, any of the qualities that last, and improve with time. We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces.
3 > Pretty child! your dress is sadly simple, and your hair seems almost as Nature might have left it. But we can soon alter all that.
4 > A thoroughly experienced French maid produces a really marvellous result in a very brief space of time. I remember recommending one to young Lady Lancing, and after three months her own husband did not know her.
5 > There are distinct social possibilities in your profile.
6 > The two weak points in our age are its want of principle and its want of profile.
7 > Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present

Answer 1

The lines in this excerpt from The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde that show that Lady Bracknell places utmost importance on wealth and appearances are: 1 and 3.

In those lines, the reader can tell that, for her, it is valuable to look good, to dress well to be an attractive person.

Answer 2

I think those lines would be : Line 1 and line 3.

Line 1 emphasize her opinion in the importance of wealth while line 2 emphasizes her opinion in the importance of outer appearance

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