1) It was named for Queen Victoria.
2) The play was set in London which for Oscar Wilde was in the 1890s.
3) The play concerns itself with the behaviors and dealing of the upper class.
4) The English society was known for its strict morals and traditional domestic roles, during that time in history.
5) Satire is the literary device that dominates the plot.
6) Ireland. Oscar Wilde was Irish.
7) John and Algernon pretended to be a person named Ernest.
8) Men and women who were courting should not talk about Politics.
9) Stage directions. These stage directions are part of the script that tells actors how they should move, react and speak when performing.
10) Irony is the general term that is used to differ expectation from outcome.
