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In five pages this paper examines Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Seville's Crime, Pen, Pencil, and Poison, Decay of Lying, and The Pict...
providing a checklist, as it were, of characteristics and traits which are noted in the degenerate nature. This, of course, did ...
In five pages this paper discusses the lack of incongruity between crime and culture as this theme pertains to Wilde's An Ideal Hu...
for the women we marry - that is quite true" (Lady PG). Attention to outer detail and an unquenchable desire to portray his inner...
In five pages this essay discusses how Victorian morality is portrayed in Oscar Wilde's witty and sophisticated play. There are n...
In 10 pages this paper examines the impact of homosexuality on Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Importance of Being E...
and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...
the world. This may be a critical look, on the part of Wilde, at the realities of the traditional family which presumes it is the ...
the previously espoused position of the Church. Most poets adhered to the idea that if man were but to return to his natural world...
importance. With that in mind the following paper examines the two characters separately and then together in a discussion, in rel...
of love" (Shakespeare I i). He sets the premise for keeping secrets when he informs the audience or reader that he hates Othello b...
is probably much closer to Wildes intent that these expressions of love and beauty be considered in a much more abstract way: Gray...
should he do? In an attempt to capture his youth, he sells his soul and instead of aging, the portrait ages in place of Dorians ow...
beautiful Dorian. Now without any knowledge of the time period and gender roles, a modern reader would not immediately read into t...
1895 play, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde created a work that many critics feel is the epitome of the Victorian come...
dandy was a man who may well have lived off of others, being a freeloader, an individual intrigued by the arts and by living out f...
older brother Willie and younger sister Isola (Kenyon 12). When his beloved sister died at the age of ten, it was a catastrophic ...
the landed wealthy(Frank 1981). The heroine is often too perfect and too sweet, whereas the heroes are usually young and dashing, ...
This, of course, did not set well with the Marquess of Queensberry, since Sir Alfred Douglas, his son, was involved closely, and i...
someone is accepted in society. This is but one example, but it speaks of the deeply imbedded social expectations concerning manne...
motion the rest of the grounds for the deceit in the play. As Clytemnestra watches her daughter butchered at the hands of her hus...
In fact, Wilde seems to be making important commentary on Victorian society itself, contending that something may reveal a perfect...
writers overall mystique, utilizing such literary techniques as dialogue, imagery, figurative language and interpretation. ...
of his play, rolling several historical Herods into one and using the biblical narrative as the slenderest of bases for his plot" ...
is described by Ovid as having unending youth, eternal boyhood: however, one of the points which Wilde is making is that Dorian is...
the beginning. And, we can also gather information regarding his relationship with Christ and/or religion. With such parents, and ...
attractive young lady and Gwendolyns country counterpart, rounds out the cast. Not for a moment would we expect to find the sort o...
word be spoken that comes not from the heart" (Moliere I.i). As this opening argument to the play suggests, Molieres view of fun...
In 3 pages this paper examines what is meant by the changes to the portrait of Dorian Gray in an analysis of this novel by Oscar W...
This paper consists of five pages and analyzes this work by Oscar Wilde in terms of its word choices, tone, style,, form, objectiv...