Aestheticism

Readers are taken on an extraordinary journey at the sea with no land in sight. The vessel aboard the open water symbolizes Coleridge’s train of imagination far away from the realisms of life. The albatross was initially considered a good luck charm because he once led the ship to safety from the icy antarctic water. So after the mariner kills the albatross, the crew is scared as they are convinced the crime will solely result in penalty by the power of the sea. The crew is clearly proven…

This paper gives an in depth into the Stevenson’s Book of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The book depicts a vivid representation of a psychiatric turmoil that causes a person to possess two or more discrete personalities or identities with individuality conflicting to each other. The topic of women and doubling of the male body surfaces as the mindset of the writer in the late nineteenth century. The case of perverse violence of men is portrayed through Hyde, the necessarily pleasures…

When considering American marketing strategies, “sex sells” is the predominant tool used to increase revenue, drive product awareness, and sculpt public values. The beauty and fashion industry serves as a model for how the average consumer should look, talk, act, think, and dress – ultimately convincing individuals that they will never be good enough unless they conform to these standards dictated by the ruling class of western commercialization. It is no secret that Western media culture…

Literary Criticism Seen with the Theme Society and Class Society and class is a constant theme seen in many different works of literature. It also can be depicted in many different ways. The literature can show the harsh realities of living in society, expectations of society, values of society as a whole, how one tries to change their path in society, the superficial nature of society, etc. In the masses of literature we read, we see characters that are shaped by society and also characters…

In An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, the theme of self discovery is presented through the character Sir Robert Chiltern. As the play progresses Sir Robert begins to walk the road of regret, change, and hope as he begins to think about the life he could have lived or could live in the future and how it has been affected by the choices he has made. Not only does Sir Robert Chiltern go on a journey of discovery but while Robert struggled to come to terms with his past, Oscar Wilde was also…

whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame-like as theirs..” These sensuous elements, as well as many other examples throughout the first few chapters is intended, by Wilde, to correspond with the idea of aestheticism. Being a large theme of the novel, the deeply sensuous language allows the reader to connect with not only the novel, but even Wilde himself. Through only using our senses, the reader is not only able to feel a part of the story Wilde is…