Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: "It is only shallow people who judge by appearance. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible" (Davis). However, God has created all humans differently. This is why all people do not look alike. But now, people came up with the idea of having the perfect shape of their body and good appearance, this is the only issue everyone has to deal with. Some women want to get skinnier, while some do not care about their bodies at all. Other women even spend so much money…

Extreme fascination, passion, lust and beauty can be tempting, but admitting to them was a struggle facing people in 19th century or Victorian Era and this is evident in the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” When Oscar Wilde wrote, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, he was critiquing a cultural moment in time. He was attempting to make his Victorian audience think about their inability to admit to their true desires and fear of temptation. A British journalist by the name W. T. Stead committed the…

Writing Task The use of satirical humor in “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde Throughout the play, Oscar Wilde uses satirical humor to ridicule and deride the members of the Victorian aristocracy. Wilde criticizes certain aspects of society, mocking social conventions such as marriage. This can be seen in the play when Jacks confides to Algernon that he is in love with Gwendolen and that he has come to town to propose to her, and Algernon replies that he thought that Jack…

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde of Sir William and Lady Jane Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland-born on the 16th of October of 1854. Wilde was born two years after his eldest brother William and born two years after Wilde was their sister Isola. At age 30 Wilde married Constance Lloyd and later had two boys in which he was a very active and fun father to both. Growing up Wilde excelled exceptionally in academics at Trinity College in Dublin, Magdalen College, and Oxford. Leading him to become a…

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, is one of the most amusing and entertaining books to read and just because of the amount of wit and intelligence that can be found in it. Every conversation is a contest on who can make the wittiest comment, though usually won by Lord Henry Wotton. Lord Henry is a master in the art of conversation and uses epigrams to convey his intelligence. Though wit and intelligence play a large role in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wit and intelligence is shown in…

Society Corrupting Everyday People in The Picture of Dorian Grey Corruption: Perversion of integrity. Oscar Wilde tries throughout his novel The Picture of Dorain Grey to warn people about the corruption society is capable of. Oscar Wilde had experienced torment and brutality during his lifetime, due to the outcomes of people’s opinions of his work. It was thought that his novel was used as a way to “manipulate and corrupt young men with whom he had past history with,” (Watkin). This court…

As Oscar Wilde acknowledges statements and their alternatives, he allows the readers to interpret the significance of sin and morality on their own, leaving more of the story to the readers’ imagination instead of planting his views and ideas in their minds. Through using the contrasts of paradoxes and ambiguity, Wilde is able to express ideas that possess a deeper meaning than that of the superficial words. When Lord Henry speaks to Dorian about the immorality of influence, he essentially…

Setting: Time and Place of Oscar Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel written by Oscar Wilde. The story first appeared in the 1890 summer edition of Lippencott’s Monthly Magazine. At the time, it was highly criticized for its immoral and scandalous content. Wilde revised the novel in 1891 before it was published by Ward, Lock, and Company. The story takes place in London, England during the…

between the corrupted and the corruptor. The gothic novels The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James share the idea of corruption, but in different ways; The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the story of moral corruption and extreme narcissism while The Turn of the Screw tells of corruption of innocence, though the effects of corruption are the same in both novels. Wilde used Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray to represent the forces of…

Oscar Wilde pursued aesthetics and women’s issues of that time of which many say that is what led him to be a feminist himself. A Professor, Catherine Mintler of the University of Nevada stated, “Wilde’s own interest in women and women’s issues relating to fashion and public identity…illustrates Wilde’s importance to materialist and feminist readings of late ninetieth century culture”. Wilde was influenced and influenced others to be feminist…