Examination of a character in Oscar wilde's "An Ideal Husband". Essay about the role in the play of Lord Goring

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LORD GORING AS DEUS-EX- MACHINA Lord Goring is the one who undoes all the trouble in the play. Although he is said to be "good-for-nothing" and heartless, he is the most useful and heartful character in the play. At the end of the play, he makes Lady Chiltern realise how love and forgiveness can get over her strict morality. He also shows how heartful he is when he declares her love to Mabel Chiltern. He …

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…not serious about them in front of other people, only with Mabel. We can see that when he is encouraged to go to Mabel and he says: Well, I hope she hasn't changed her mind. It's nearly twenty minutes since I saw her last, whereas when he sees Mabel we understand it is just irony because he says Darling! and kisses her, something which makes us understand that he is quite sure of her feelings.