Reflection Paper: The Wolf and Lamb

The Reflection
Name
Institution
The Reflection
Looking at Wolf and Lamb and Lady Windermere’s Fan, one might be inclined to say that the two are not related in any way. However, upon further and deeper investigation, it is indeed possible to see several similarities between the story and the play. The characters display differing attributes but, in their differences, one can see or draw similarities between the two. In the Wolf and Lamb, the two characters are quite different but the Wolf is determined to maintain its image as the bully. However, the lamb in its meekness causes the wolf to stutter and to go beyond or do that which it is not used to. The ending, though, is still the same and as it always ends when the wolf and a lamb is involved. In the Lady Windermere’s Fan, the characters are also quite different but they seem united in their attributes and the things they care about. One thing that stands out is their obsession with keeping or maintaining appearances as well as maintaining the social expectations of the societal classes.
In both, one can see that the aspect of keeping or maintaining appearances is existent. In the Wolf and Lamb, it was normal for Mr. Wolf to snap “up such delicious morsels without making any bones about it.” Mr. Wolf was known to be aggressive and always ready to pounce on suspecting and unsuspecting preys. When he saw the Lamb, his initial feeling was to eat the lamb without thinking much about it. However, when he felt that the case was unlike any other he had ever come across, he hesitated bu...