What is Lady Bracknell's attitude towards invalids?

• A. They should either get better or die.
• B. They are charming and inspiring.
• C. They should be cared for with sympathy.
• D. They should be ignored.

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is how Lady Bracknell views anything that could disrupt social propriety and status. She embodies a sharp, pragmatic attitude toward people who don’t fit the upper‑class mold, including those who are ill or dependent. Her perspective toward invalids is relentlessly utilitarian and unsympathetic: illness becomes a factor in social and financial calculus, something to be managed or minimized rather than understood or helped. That kind of blunt, stock-market view—wishing for health to return or for the burden to disappear—fits her character and Wilde’s satire, which mocks how society reduces human lives to totems of reputation and advantage. The other options imply warmth or concern that Lady Bracknell simply doesn’t show; she’s about appearances, control, and convenience, not pity or admiration. So the choice that aligns with her attitude is that invalids should either get better or die.