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What are the characteristics of symbolist drama that are found in Lady Windermere's fan?
- We have the idea of guilt and redemption.
- The use of symbols: the fan is a symbol. It acts as a symbol of different emotions at different times. It is a symbol of love. it symbolizes beauty. The fan is given as a birthday gift at the age of 21- she becomes an adult- she starts enjoying some rights that she did not enjoy. That night, she decided something independent. So, the fan is a symbol of independence. She decided that she has the courage to leave her husband and to live the life she wants to live. It is a symbol of self-expression. The fan is a symbol of revenge. She dropped the fan. She decided to revenge. But her good breeding overcame her decision of revenge . The fall of the fan suggests the victory of her good manner. She gave the fan to …. It means that she is shifting her love from her husband to … it shows a shift of emotions. it becomes a tool to discover that the lady was there and brings the final decision of Mrs. Erlynne Sacrifice. It was the fan due to which the man discovered that there was a woman so it became necessary for Mrs. Erlynne to expose herself that she was there. getting the fan back symbolizes the restoration of the dignity of Margret. No one was going to discover that she wanted to leave her husband. the fan was given away. from Windermere's point of view, the fan is a symbol of evil and misunderstanding, so he wanted to get ride of it. According to him, the fan goes with the lady who is evil. …. gave it to Erlynne as a token of love. As it was touched by a bad woman, Windermere thinks that it will not bring any happiness. It is a symbol of evil and it should go with the evil woman. When Mrs. Erlynne asks Margret to take her fan, she willingly gave it to her. She thought that she helped her so, sacrificed for her , she wanted to give her the fan as a symbol of love and faithfulness. it carried thankfulness to Mrs. Erlynne.
- What are the other characteristics of symbolist drama found in the play?
Characters are not vey much individual. They are not psychologically analyzed. There is no psychological depth in most of the characters expect … they are superficial. Characters are not individualized. It is one of the symbolist techniques.
We can not differentiate the characters of men. No other differences are shown in the characters of men.