Obsessed women
The male characters in the play do not have a good impression on women and because of this women are presented in an unflattering manner. Men paint women as being obsessed creatures, interested only in getting married. They are even pictured as being irrational, willing to share a man with multiple women if that means they will end up being married. This is, in part, an image created the society, painting women as weaker creatures, inferior to men and governed by their feelings.
The French and the Germans
Another important element in the play is the way in which the Germans and the French are described. Doricourt talks about them when he talks about servants and the reason why he chose not to have English servants. In this context, the Germans and the French are described as being natural-born servants, loyal almost like an animal towards their master. The two categories are presented in a negative manner, as people unable to do anything for themselves, people who need to be guided.
Stand out
In the last scene of the third act, George and Frances reunite and they talk about how they would like to spend every moment in each other’s presence. Frances makes a remark, showing how this would not be acceptable by the modern society, that would perceive them as being to clingy and thus they would be made fun off. This paints the society in which the characters lived as a very distant one. Affection was not promoted, not even for married couples, and it was seen as something unusual for married couples to love one another. When something like this did happen, the pair was seen as odd and unusual, almost a negative influence on the others around them.
Fat Jews
Another image found in this play that is also important is the way the Jews are described. They are portrayed her in a negative manner, presented as being fat and lazy. They are made fun of by the others because of their appearance and also because of their wealth. When the Jews are discussed, no one takes their side, proving thus just how much the general population disliked them.
