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

In twelve pages the importance of eavesdropping and written communications to these two plays are examined. Three sources are cit...

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

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

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

another-- together... III. Conclusions A.) Overall, The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the great comedies of the English ...

In five pages this essay contrasts these very different literary styles with the Romantic period's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' b...

is described by Ovid as having unending youth, eternal boyhood: however, one of the points which Wilde is making is that Dorian is...

This essay looks at representative works of William Blake, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde in relation to the eras in which they w...

is, the Victorian era, it becomes clear that Louise Mallard is a normal woman who loves her husband and will grieve for him, but w...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

1895 play, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde created a work that many critics feel is the epitome of the Victorian come...

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

This, of course, did not set well with the Marquess of Queensberry, since Sir Alfred Douglas, his son, was involved closely, and i...

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

older brother Willie and younger sister Isola (Kenyon 12). When his beloved sister died at the age of ten, it was a catastrophic ...

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...

come in direct conflict with conservative convention (Bennett 219). The so-called new woman became symbolic of what the Victorian...

In this paper that contains twelve pages famous cases such as Planned Parenthood v. Casey in Pennsylvania consider the husband's r...