The Influence of Oscar Wilde ’s Sexuality | English Literature Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a writer whose homoerotic texts pushed the social boundaries of the Victorian era. Born to a family of unabashed Irish agnostics‚ the self-proclaimed "dandy" valued art‚ fashion‚ and all things physically beautiful. After receiving a comprehensive education from Oxford‚ Wilde made a name for himself in London first as a novelist‚ penning the now famous The Picture of Dorian Gray. A string of successful plays
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The Conflict Between Aestheticism and Morality in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde prefaces his novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ with a reflection on art‚ the artist‚ and the utility of both. After careful scrutiny‚ he concludes: “All art is quite useless” (Wilde 4). In this one sentence‚ Wilde encapsulates the complete principles of the Aesthetic Movement popular in Victorian England. That is to say‚ real art takes no part in molding the social or moral identities
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setting of London a recurring theme of hedonism and thorough admiration for beauty and individualism reflect Dorian’s inner motives as well as his long sought self purpose. In this sense the most significant moral of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is that the supreme task of the individual is to realize fully‚ and from within‚ one’s own identity. Dorian exemplifies the drama of his troubles on the rough journey to find his identity from influences of a conceited hedonistic friend‚ and in the
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Earnest by Oscar Wilde represents consistent themes throughout the play that relate to problems in everyday life. The play primarily revolves around two men‚ Jack Worthing and Algernon. Both men treasure the women they have always wanted and finally got‚ but soon this perfect love becomes complicated when both are found telling little white lies to get what they want. Wilde uses these two men and their stories to show how one little white lie creates more lies and leads to a downfall. Wilde illustrates
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Oscar Wilde was born in the Victorian age and lived in a high-class family. Basically his purpose for writing this play was to mock the ignorance and arrogance of upper-class Victorian society‚ especially the values of marriage at the time. In Victorian times‚ the parents decided their child’s marriage. Lady Bracknell mostly valued Jack’s age‚ income and bloodline. “You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter ---a girl brought up with the utmost care---to
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The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses word play in reference to the word “earnest.” Throughout his play‚ Wilde focuses on the matter of who is the most sincere or “earnest” and who is actually the person whose name is Ernest. The two main characters‚ Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing‚ both claim to be Ernest for deceptive reasons. Wilde develops his characters Algernon and Jack in order to portray them as hypocritical to the definition
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The Influences of Oscar Wilde Throughout his life Oscar Wilde had many strong influences exerted upon him. During his early childhood his mother influenced him and into college some of his professors and certain philosophers left a substantial impression upon him. Into adulthood these influences leaked out in his writing. These influences gave him ample ideas for writing The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde’s study of the Hellenistic ideals of Epicurus‚ his coddled lifestyle as a child and his devotion
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frequently expect that manual laborers are less educated‚ therefore making them less smart. Mike Rose was brought up in a group of blue-collars. Both of Rose’s folks scarcely had educations‚ as they were early dropouts. Rose grew up watching his mom tend to tables‚ and learned at an early stage that blue-collar workers possessed an important set of abilities. In the article‚ “Blue-Collar Brilliance‚" author Mike Rose stresses his belief that blue-collar jobs must not be seen as illiterate jobs‚ but rather
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THE WARS OF THE ROSES - THE CAUSES OF THE WARS Causes 1. Dynastic - a fight for titles 2. Economic and financial - a crisis in the nobility 3. Defeat in the 100 Years War 4. Long term - a shift in the balance of power causing lawlessness and disorder 5. Short term - the personal failings of Henry VI (1-3 are largely dismissed by Historians in the twentieth century but may still have a part to play) |Long Term |Short Term
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Oscar Wilde comments on the societal values of the Victorian era in his critically acclaimed play The Importance of Being Earnest. Through the use of the literary element of characterization‚ especially of Jack‚ Wilde portrays himself as a strong critic of the society he lived in. Throughout the play‚ Wilde uses characterization to reflect his criticism by emphasizing the major flaws of Jack. Firstly‚ Wilde criticizes the people of the Victorian era as being simple and insincere by embodying these
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