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    My full name is Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde and I am applying for the spot as any of the following open spots as: Author‚ poet‚ or a dramatist. I was born in Dublin‚ Ireland on October 16‚ 1854. My father is Sir William Wilde who is a very well-known surgeon. My mother is Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde and she is a poet who worked under the nickname Speranza. I also have a lot of siblings. Five of them! Their names are Henry‚ Emily‚ William‚ Mary‚ and Isola. Due to my mother’s literary successes

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    the "The Importance of Being Ernest" and it was written by Oscar Wilde. The topic of marriage in this play involves the manipulative desires and dishonest values of marriage. The female characters in this story including Cecily‚ Gwendolen‚ and Lady Bracknell are all guilty of scheming and controlling marriage. The desires and mentalities of these women are identical to the women of the Victorian Period. The men in this play are also guilty of the manipulative desires for marriage. Oscar Wilde’s

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    in Dublin‚ Irish writer Oscar Wilde is best known for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the play The Importance of Being Earnest‚ as well as for his infamous arrest and imprisonment for being gay. Beginning in 1888‚ while he was still serving as editor of Lady’s World‚ Wilde entered a seven-year period of furious creativity‚ during which he produced nearly all of his great literary works. Around the same time that he was enjoying his greatest literary success‚ Wilde commenced an affair with

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    Semey state university named after Shakarim Students independent work Theme: “Oscar Wilde” Performed:Arykova Aigerim Checked: Shalbaeva A. Zh. Semey 2014 CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………3 1. Early life……………………………………………………………….4 2. Education……………………………………………………………...4 3. Prose writing …………………………………………………………..6 4. The Picture Of Dorian Gray…………………………………………..8 5. The end of the 19th century…………………………………………...9 6. Death…………………………………………………………………..11 Referenses………………………………………………………………

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    To what extent is the humour in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest dependent upon ridiculing Victorian attitudes to marriage and respectability? Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ opened in the West End of London in February 1894 during an era when many of the religious‚ social‚ political‚ and economic structures were experiencing change — The Victorian Age. Wilde’s genre of choice was the Victorian melodrama‚ or “sentimental comedy” which expresses an important message; lying

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    life of Oscar Wilde is nothing special; it is actually more of a statement. Oscar Wilde lived to make a point. During the time he was alive he made many mistakes and had many triumphs. Oscar Wilde spoke his mind and didn’t let anything stop him from doing the things he wanted. Wilde is a literary genius that used his life experience in his writings. Oscar Wilde’s education‚ experiences and personal life helped form him into the acclaimed author he is today. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde‚ or

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    Walsh June 3‚ 2012 Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde’s hopeful and romantic voice welcomes readers to a different point of view on poetry and life. Wilde uses strong and bold words to emphasize what he is truly feeling and to set a tone for the reader. He is a passionate and idealistic writer and isn’t afraid to express real emotion to his audience. His writing truly portrays his characters and refers to his past and real events that he had gone through. Was Oscar Wilde able to capture the meaning

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    BIOGRAPHY -OF -OSCAR WILDE: Born on October 16‚ 1854 in Dublin‚ Irish writer Oscar Wilde is best known for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the play The Importance of Being Earnest‚ as well as for his infamous arrest and imprisonment for being gay. Early Life Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16‚ 1854 in Dublin‚ Ireland. His father‚ William Wilde‚ was an acclaimed doctor who was knighted for his work as medical advisor for the Irish censuses. William Wilde later founded

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    The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wildefirst published in May 1888. It contains five stories‚ "The Happy Prince"‚ "The Nightingale and the Rose"‚ "The Selfish Giant"‚ "The Devoted Friend"‚ and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story‚ "The Happy Prince". Contents [hide] • 1 "The Happy Prince" o 1.1 Adaptations • 2 "The Nightingale and the Rose" o 2.1 Adaptations o

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    Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy that used the figure of the upper class dandy to critique the narrow-mindedness of the middle class in the 1890s. What makes this play so funny is that the upper class is illustrated as silly when they try to mock the earnest middle class. Proud characters who were bred in high society‚ such as Lady Bracknell and her daughter Gwendolen‚ may think that they are making particularly nasty snubs‚ but they do not seem to realize that Wilde cleverly

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