Lady Windermere's fan lesson 4 (Act 3)

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• Middelbare school
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In Act 2 the audience learns:

1. Why Mrs. Erlynne left her family
2. Why Mrs. Erlynne wishes to leave England
3. Why Mrs. Erlynne despises her daughter
4. Why Mrs. Erlynne has no female friends

Lord Augustus is to call on (to visit someone) Mrs. Erlynne in order to:

1. Drive her out of town
2. Discourage her interest in Windermere
3. Propose
4. Turn her down

By the end of Act 2, most of the female characters:

1. Admire Mrs. Erlynne
2. Pity Lady Windermere
3. Reject Lady Windermere
4. Reject Mrs. Erlynne

Lord Darlington tries to convince Lady Windermere that:

1. She can no longer live with Lord Windermere
2. She should never speak to Mrs. Erlynne
3. She should run away with Lord Augustus
4. She can no longer hold her head up in society

Previously in Lady Windermere's fan

The ball takes place in the Windermere's house, Lord Darlington tries to convince Lady Windermere to leave her husband and continue her life with him. The guests make their acquaintance with Mrs. Erlynne. 
Later that night, when the guests have started to leave, Lady Windermere makes the decision to run away with Lord Darlington. She leaves a note for Lord Windermere explaining what she is going to do. The note is found by Mrs. Erlynne, who immediately goes after Lady Windermere to try and stop her from running away with Lord Darlington. It is revealed that Mrs. Erlynne is actually Lady Windermere's mother.

Drag the components to the right place in the timeline of act 3

At the end of the ball

Late in the evening

After their arrival

Immediately afterward

Mrs. Erlynne follows Lady Windermere to Lord Darlington's and convinces her she is making a mistake.

Lord Darlington arrives home with the other gentlemen from the party; the women hide.

Cecil Graham discovers Lady Windermere's fan on Lord Darlington's sofa.

Mrs. Erlynne reveals herself and says that it was she who left the fan.

Assignment - group work

For this part of the lesson, you need to work in a small group of four or five students. Divide the following roles among the students in your group:

1) Lady Windermere

2) Mrs. Erlynne and Mr. Cecil Graham

3) Lord Darlington

4) Lord Windermere

5) Mr. Dumby and Lord Augustus

While reading the Act together, answer the following questions.

Why is this passage so ironic?

This quote foreshadows the mistakes that are about to happen in the upcoming act. Name at least two of these mistakes.

"We make gods of men and they leave us". - Lady Windermere
Explain this quote

"Wicked women bother one (a man). Good women bore one. That is the only difference between them".
- Cecil Graham.
Wilde repeatedly references to good versus bad people. Explain this quote in the light of this fact.

Where does "they" refer to in the following quote?
" They like to find us quite irretrievably bad, and to leave us quite unattractively good". - Cecil Graham

Lord Darlington confesses he is in love with someone. Find the remark he makes where he mentions this in act III then explain this remark.

Explain the significance of Lady Windermere's fan in this act.

I have a good understanding of the plot and the characters in Act 3 of the play.

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Name one thing you considered as funny in act 3

For next lesson:

Watch the video of Act 4 of the play in preparation for the next lesson on Lady Windermere's Fan.

I am happy with the way my group did the group work assignment

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+Assignment
How do the women and men in Lady Windermere's Fan differ? What does Wilde seem to believe about the role of gender in Victorian England?