There have been many debates on whether or not Broadway musicals are considered “serious” art forms. People feel that a musical can never be taken seriously if the character is always singing sporadically‚ which is very unusual in real life. However‚ musicals have been around for quite some time now‚ many musicals are being adapted into major motion pictures‚ many children are raised on the famous Disney musical cartoons and everybody( whether they’ll admit it or not) has seen at least one musical
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dealing primarily with love and selfishness. These stories are generally sad‚ with a moralistic message. The collection includes: The Happy Prince‚ The Nightingale and the Rose‚ The Selfish Giant‚ The Devoted Friend‚ and The Remarkable Rocket. In Oscar Wilde’s works always convey impressions / criticisms of the order and condition of the people in his time who strangely still relevant to current conditions. The stories are written in an almost liturgical style. They’re beautiful‚ they’re dry‚ they’re
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In Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray‚” he defines masculinity in tangible terms such as age‚ attractiveness‚ profession‚ and philosophy instead of decency and sincerity. Harry‚ Basil‚ and Dorian are members of the upper-class society and the most qualified among those in their professions. However‚ their expertise causes the men to struggle with their masculinity and question the masculine social norms. The men are codependent and immature‚ but Lord Henry is portrayed as unlikely to learn
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People must pay attention to safe sex‚ this is a completely irresponsible for both your own health and the health of your partner. We should not be ignored for temporary these serious drawbacks such as unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmissible infections. We need to make people understand the seriousness of the matter‚ by providing real situation to persuade them‚ let people have a responsible attitude. In this campaign‚ we need to make people take notice of safe sex is effective in stop
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the past handful of decades‚ never mind a time when women had very little control over when they could leave their home‚ yet in The Importance of Being Earnest‚ such a world exists. Oscar Wilde introduces a world in which women can be dominant figures without negative consequences. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses characters who possess inverted stereotypical gender traits and satire to criticize and mock the strict gender
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aroused by Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which was considered immoral and homosexual by the public. During this time‚ the scandal around Wilde was only at its beginning and it took five years to reach the peak. In 1895‚ Wilde was convicted of “gross indecency” for two years in prison‚ and the case was thoroughly covered in the media and public discussion. The sodomic acts of the aristocrats were already forgotten when the public found the first homosexual “species‚” Oscar
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Oscar Wilde is remembered today for his use of epigrams and his plays. Wilde wrote ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ in which many people argue that it appears Wilde subverts the typical Victorian gender role. Gender roles are cultural and personal‚ they determine how males and females should think‚ speak‚ dress‚ and interact within the context of society. Masculinity and Femininity refer to the dominant sex role pattern in the vast majority of both traditional and modern societies: that of male assertiveness
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Toulmin Analysis of "It ’s the ABC Oscars: anything but Crash" The article "It ’s the ABC Oscars: anything but Crash" can be found on the MSN News website. It is written by Erik Lundegaard‚ a movie critic whose opinion can be found regularly on MSNBC‚ in the Minneapolis Star Tribune‚ and in the Seattle Times ("Erik"). The article includes the basic elements of the Toulmin Model and can be analyzed according to the model. In the article‚ Lundegaard claims that the motion picture Crash
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Oscar Wilde’s use of satire in The Importance of Being Earnest “Ignorance is like an exotic fruit…” writes Oscar Wilde as he sets the literary table with a rich display of Victorian satire (Wilde). Born in Dublin to affluent parents‚ Wilde experienced a social advantage that gave him more than a taste of indulgent upper class life to ridicule. He attended Oxford on a scholarship and was considered a genius. Wilde was characterized as humorous‚ frank‚ and showy. Writing novels‚ poems‚ and essays
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orders‚ and have more power than women. This was present in the Victorian Era and is still present today. Gender is a social construct. It has been shaped‚ or constructed‚ by society to follow certain stereotypes. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses gender role reversal and stereotypes to criticize gender roles in society. In a traditional Victorian Society‚ it is usually the man who controls the life of his wife. During the time period this play was published‚
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