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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OSCAR WILDE - Biography Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright‚ novelist‚ poet‚ and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays‚ one novel‚ a number of poems‚ short stories‚ and essays. He was born on October the 16th‚ 1894 in Dublin to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane. Oscar ’s mother‚ Lady Jane Francesca Wilde was a successful poet and journalist also (Gregory Brdnik 2012). Oscar had an elder brother‚ Willie‚ and a
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For Hours and Hours and Hours “Its all your fault‚ don’t deny it.” he was calm collected and obviously aware of the victory to come. “No... I did nothing‚” my sister yelled at him‚ oblivious to how childish she sounded‚ rage was hidden in her voice. Honestly I don’t know why she stays with him‚ they argue when nothing is wrong. He can’t even support himself‚ I don’t know why she tolerates him forgetting dates and birthdays. She could do so much better‚ but I guess shes afraid to lose him.
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Oscar Wilde was an author‚ poet‚ and playwright in late Victorian England. Wilde was known for his wit and exuberant style. His unconventional writing is what drew many to his work‚ and many of his plays were well received. He spent the last three years of his life in exile after being imprisoned for “gross indecency”‚ and died in Paris‚ France from Meningitis at the age of 46. Among his last work before his death is The Importance of Being Earnest‚ a play in which Oscar Wilde delves into different
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lifestyle is treated in Wilde’s version in contrast with Self’s explicit‚ open treatment of the same issue; the way in which Self has chosen to place more emphasis than Wilde on the 16 year time-frame in which the narrative takes place and Self’s addition of an epilogue. I will reference Koen Van Cauwenberge (The Ambivalence in Oscar Wilde ’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and its relation to Postmodernism)‚ picking out his point about the gay stereotype only really coming into existence after Wilde’s
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One mile west of Flagstaff‚ Arizona stands a mesa known as Mars Hill‚ which provides unobstructed views of the sky. Perched on the top of the mesa is the historic Lowell Observatory‚ built in 1894 by Percival Lowell. Today‚ Lowell Observatory is still the center of space research and discoveries. Lowell Observatory happily welcomes the public to experience the historic landmark and museums. Filled with telescopes‚ museums‚ and collections the 750-acre facility offers plenty of activities. The excitement
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"Disobedience‚ in the eyes of anyone who has read history‚ is a man’s original virtue" Oscar Wilde. While this statement may seem harsh and contrary to human ethics‚ many people may come to agree this is true. I‚ along with those who agree‚ have no doubt that disobedience opens doors to opportunities‚ progress‚ and change. As you may recall from former times‚ African-Americans were discriminated and treated poorly. Now‚ we live in a world where everyone is treated fairly. How did we manage to get
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The Temptation of Sir Percival by Arthur Hacker was completed in 1894. Percival is one of King Arthur’s legendary Knights of the Round Table. The painting portrays when Percival was tempted with things of the flesh here‚ in the form of a beautiful‚ but predatory women. Sir Percival is a holy knight of the Round Table. In this picture he walks to an isolated place by the sea. Temptation meets him here in the shape of a woman of great beauty‚ who gives him food and wine. In the story‚ the woman is
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In Salome‚ Oscar Wilde conveys a hazardous connection concerning view and erotic cravings that cause death. The drama portrays an evening in a noble courtyard which Herod‚ the Tetrarch of Judea‚ and his wife‚ Herodias‚ have a banquet gathering for a few Jewish officials. Herodias’s daughter Salome goes to the terrace during the party‚ where she entices the stare of other men in the play‚ while she also develops attraction to the clairvoyant‚ Iokanaan. Her erotic craving for Iokanaan primes his
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Shakespeare’s fascination with heroines‚ and Sylvia Plath’s belief that death was beautiful. Oscar Wilde’s main interest involves double lives. The concept of double lives is shown in real life based on the fact that we never show people who we really are. Wilde himself lived a double life which leads to a series of unfortunate events. His work that exposed his life of duplicity at the greatest factor was his play. The reason his literature was indulged in this theme was simply because he could not escape
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