Research the role of women in Victorian culture. How does Salome reflect Victorian beliefs about gender roles?
Who is the main character in Salome? Some critics would answer Salome herself, some would argue Herod, and Wilde himself, though probably in jest, said that the moon is the protagonist of the play. Using evidence from the play, support your point of view.
Read the story of Salome in the Bible, Matthew 14:1-12. In what ways has Wilde changed the Biblical story? What has he achieved with these changes?
Read Wilde's play A Woman of No Importance. Compare the moral issues raised in.....
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