How Does Social Class Affect Relationships?

Social class today does not affect our relationships as it did back then. In As You Like it by William Shakespeare and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, plays that are set in the past it has an evident impact on the relationships of some of the characters, while others totally defy it. In the plays As You Like It and The Importance of Being Earnest it is evident how social class has a negative impact on relationships. Where the characters lived and who their family was and the way they acted based on class affected whether or not people could have a relationship.
In The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell questioned Jack in order to find out about him as a person. His social status was determined by who his parents were, so in order
Where Jack lives has an impact of Lady Bracknell’s opinion of him and whether he was going to be able to marry her or not. When she was questioning him to determine if he could be a contender for a future husband for Gwendolen, she asked him where he lived. When he responded she responded “ The unfashionable side. I thought there was something. However, that could easily be altered.” (Wilde, 310) As if to say if he continued living on this side there would be an issue. But, if necessary, and he did become Gwendolen’s husband they could move houses. His house says something about his status, which had an impact on his relationship with Gwendolen. Lady Bracknell saying this is implying how they are of a high social class and live in a fashionable area and she expects the same for her daughter’s future. Similarly, in As You like It Audrey let social class affect who she had relations with. Audrey wanted to be with Touchstone solely for the reason of it would allow her to live in court. It brings her into a higher social class because as of now she lives in the forest and needs him to get into the court, which is higher class than the