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Salome and Beardsley's Illustrations by Wilde

in the play, but works such as Beardsleys Peacock Woman depict a woman of culture, one who appears to be above the baseness that t...

'Other' in Salome by Oscar Wilde

of his play, rolling several historical Herods into one and using the biblical narrative as the slenderest of bases for his plot" ...

Oscar Wilde's Trials and His Incriminating Writings

providing a checklist, as it were, of characteristics and traits which are noted in the degenerate nature. This, of course, did ...

Individuality According to the Perceptions of John Stuart Mill and Oscar Wilde

The individuality concepts of Wilde and Mill are contrated and compated in a paper consisting of six pages....

Vocabulary and 'Power' Words

one may offer "From a thematic perspective, Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet was a traditional love story, yet the storys plot weaved...

Edward Said's Orientalism

In five pages this paper examines Edward Said's 'Orientalism' in a conceptual illustrations There are no sources are listed in th...

Oscar Wilde and Incongruity

In five pages this paper examines Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Seville's Crime, Pen, Pencil, and Poison, Decay of Lying, and The Pict...

Homosexuality and Oscar Wilde

In seven pages this paper examines Wilde's views of homosexuality in Victorian times as depicted in The Importance of Being Earnes...

Coimparative Analysis of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

was a perfect way for Wilde to successfully lampoon the British aristocracy. The sophisticated farce enabled Wilde to fulfill a l...

Culture and Crime in the Works of Oscar Wilde

In five pages this paper discusses the lack of incongruity between crime and culture as this theme pertains to Wilde's An Ideal Hu...

Victorian Morality and An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

In five pages this essay discusses how Victorian morality is portrayed in Oscar Wilde's witty and sophisticated play. There are n...

Oscar Wilde's Writings and the Impact of Homosexuality

In 10 pages this paper examines the impact of homosexuality on Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Importance of Being E...

Homosexuality in the Works of Oscar Wilde

for the women we marry - that is quite true" (Lady PG). Attention to outer detail and an unquenchable desire to portray his inner...

Beauty, Art, and The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In seven pages the ways in which Wilde's novel explores the meaning of beauty and art are discussed. There are no other sources c...

Happy Prince by Wilde

wonders why the statue is crying. Why, when this prince is so happy does he cry after death? The gist of the explanation comes fro...

Wilde's and Dickens' Ideas of Traditional Families

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 Picture of Dorian Gray Characters' Approach to Art and Life

and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...

Oscar Wilde's Gothic Novel The Picture of Dorian Gray

the landed wealthy(Frank 1981). The heroine is often too perfect and too sweet, whereas the heroes are usually young and dashing, ...

Aesthetic Movement Characteristics of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

the previously espoused position of the Church. Most poets adhered to the idea that if man were but to return to his natural world...

The Picture of Dorian Gray And Human Nature

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...

Dorian Gray and Homosexuality

beautiful Dorian. Now without any knowledge of the time period and gender roles, a modern reader would not immediately read into t...

Role of Women in Society: The Rover and The Importance of Being Earnest

to the plays because they were written during the time of the British Commonwealth, a time when the very nation has lost its Empir...

The Importance of Being Earnest

importance. With that in mind the following paper examines the two characters separately and then together in a discussion, in rel...

Keeping Secrets: Othello and The Importance of Being Earnest

of love" (Shakespeare I i). He sets the premise for keeping secrets when he informs the audience or reader that he hates Othello b...

Dorian Gray and His Views of Beauty

is probably much closer to Wildes intent that these expressions of love and beauty be considered in a much more abstract way: Gray...

"Helas" and the Victorian Hypocrisy

by comparing his own life to a "twice-written scroll", bearing marks from both a pursuit of intellectual virtues, and a pursuit of...

Dichotomy between Text and Illustrations in Medieval Islamic Works

dawn, but the illustration shows full daylight. The warriors are all archers; no one is carrying a mace. There is one banner shown...

Interpreting Fairy Tale Illustration: Cinderella

artists intrinsic complexity. Kneeling at the base of a delicate tree with head tipped upward, eyes closed and hands brought toge...

Jane Austen's Emma and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest Compared

someone is accepted in society. This is but one example, but it speaks of the deeply imbedded social expectations concerning manne...

Homosexuality in Le Fanu's Carmilla and Wilde's Dorian Gray

the everyday eye, Dorian does not seem to age a day, nor does his beauty fade. There are several indications of a homosexual nat...