With reference to the three plays dealing with a similar theme compare their social context and genre.

“I Love You, I Love You!”

The social context of this play is perhaps a higher article society as well as a well-educated, romantic and rich society so the play can be easily understood. The social context is perhaps also for a patriotic society where the men overrule the women as in this play, an example of the men overruling the women is when Catherine’s father demands her to leave at moments in the pay.

The second play is the importance of being Earnest. The importance on being Earnest was a play written in 1895. The kind of stage that it is written for is a proscenium stage as some of the scenes are in different settings. The play is perhaps written for a well-educated audience from the complexity of the storyline and wording. The genre of the play can be referred to as a romantic, high comedy. This is because although there are elements of love in the play there are also a few witty arguments and irony in the play. The social context of this play is for a well-educated, rich and high society, however it is also in a patriotic society. On the other hand the author Oscar Wilde implies that behind every mans job is a ladies hand and that women are overall in charge of a mans actions. This is suggested from the point lady Bracknell commands lord Bracknell to go back and rest and she can handle the situation.

The third and final play is Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Twelfth Night was written during the 1600’s and was presented on an open stage, which a stage without a roof and no curtains are there. The audience is also seated around the where the acting is taking place in a circle which is known as theatre in the circle.  The genre of this play is simply romantic with elements of high comedy. It is romantic because of the love that takes place between characters without it being obviously expressed. It is high comedy because one of the characters named Viola is not aware of the love that is being expressed to her. The social context that it is written as is as a well educated, romantic, higher article and rich society with slight hints of a patriotic society as viola has to dress up as a male to be able to pass the message on.