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Flavia - An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

Late 1800s, rich aristocrat with his wife
He (Robert) is considered the ideal husband by his wife. An old rival of Lady Chillturn turns up with a bachelor at a dinner party. The rival wants to black mail Robert because he and her former lover were involved in an operation, which is how he acquired his wealth. He left her former lover broke. He does not want to ruin his honor, however, his wife finds out anyway and is devastated. She did not want to forgive him because she saw him as ideal for so long. Lady Chillturn goes to the bachelor for help in a form of a letter, which could have been seen as a love letter, used by the rival to break apart their marriage. Robert reads the letter and does not think much of it. Basically, their marriage falls apart and it very stressed by the end of the play.

Shattering of the ideal.