20 Favorite Optimistic Quotes 1. Reflect upon your present blessings‚ of which every man has many. Not on your past misfortunes‚ of which all men have some. – Charles Dickens 2. I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. – Oscar Wilde 3. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson 4. The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 5. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
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The Selfish giant "The giant was a selfish giant‚" says the story "The selfish giant" written by Oscar Wilde from Ireland‚ who wanted to bring forth a special moral which has been a serious topic for many centuries‚ and no less these days than ever before. He uses many characteristics of fairytales to create a conscious fairytale about the problem that is to this day the reason why the world is the way it is. Therefore I am going to write an analysis of his work on what the moral is‚ and what messages
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Happy prince My text is about The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde and I am going to argue over my point to show what the author is trying to say about this happy prince. Oscar Wilde‚ in this case is trying to tell the reader about real happiness. In the first interaction with the Happy Prince He mentions how he lived in a castle called Sance-Souci (meaning‚ no worries in French) where sorrow was not allowed‚ the Prince did not know sorrow. The Happy Prince mentions how he lived in luxury and he did
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GHOST * About the Author Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s‚ he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays‚ and the circumstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death. Wilde’s parents were successful Anglo-Irish Dublin intellectuals. Their son became fluent in French and German early in life. At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself
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In his play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde portrays his beliefs by satirizing the beliefs and values of his society. Within Act I‚ Algernon states that “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Wilde’s witty epigram projects a major theme within the play. It attacks the perception of fixed truth. The major target of Wilde’s scathing social criticism is the hypocrisy that society creates. Often in Victorian society‚ its participants acted in overly sincere‚ polite ways while
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characters will be discussed throughout the essay. Who are they? What effort did they put in the story to make the plot work? Who do they represent? How did they evolve throughout the story? I will try to answer these questions as carefully as I can. Oscar Wilde‚ the author said himself that all the main characters had something that he‚ himself had. Basil Hallward. Basil Hallward represents all the good in the story. In the beginning he is painting a picture of Dorian Gray‚ which is a boy that he
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Nightingale and The Rose" By Oscar Wilde ’The Nightingale and the Rose’ by Oscar Wilde ’Nineteenth Century Short Stories’ is a collection of tales from the nineteen hundreds. This essay will concentrate on just one of these stories. It will include a thorough analysis of the story including my views and opinions towards the language‚ imagery and setting that the author uses. The story I have chosen to analyse is ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ by Oscar Wilde. This is one of many children’s
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to take affect in one’s life. The great array of symbols in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde‚ can quite easily allow one to believe that anything is possible of influencing your judgement whether you want it or not. Just like Dorian exhibits beauty‚ Max Beerbohm mentions that Oscar Wilde himself who was the first one to truly present his beauty to others in such a unique way‚ as mentioned in Oscar Wilde’s London. It is believed that influences are not always things that are positive‚ Dorian
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Book Review – The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde March 20th‚ 2012 | Author: Avil Beckford Book Review – The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost is a short story by Oscar Wilde. Like many works of literature‚ the story first appeared in a magazine‚ The Court and Society Reviewin February 1887. When the story starts‚ the American minister‚ Mr Hiram B. Otis has purchased Canterville Chase‚ an English country house. Otis is warned by Lord Canterville that the house is haunted
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The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a satire based on Victorian society in the late 1800’s. Everything about this play is a satire; from marriage to social class‚ and even the play’s name. Wilde criticizes these aspects of Victorian society with the use of witty puns and unusual‚ awkward situations. Wilde brings to light the fact that late Victorian society cared more about a person’s name and wealth than their personality. This debases the sanctity
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