Oscar Wilde

After Hurricane Katrina, when my family had to move to Houston, Texas for two years, my artistic journey began. I drew many pictures in my childhood, but this is where I started to take it more seriously. Moving to Texas, the “Lone Star State”, was quite an experience for me. It was sad for us to have to leave New Orleans, after withstanding the hurricane by settling in at the Superdome; it was a life changing experience. On the other hand, as my artistic life was commencing, my passion for…

Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde bluntly portrays the destructive and unfulfilling nature of a character’s wish for endless beauty through Basil’s painting. As Dorian engages in a libertine life of amoral experiences, the painting reveals his inner grotesqueness. Fitzgerald includes comparison of Amory to Dorian through other characters. Outrageously, Amory cheerfully accepts that his friends refer to him as Dorian, revealing either his acceptance of his amoral superficiality or blindness to Oscar…

serves as a vehicle to make a powerful statement used to get a point across. Over the last 400 years, there are instances that people have disobeyed to make a point such as to give human rights to people, the abolishment of slavery or to end a war. Oscar Wilde stated that ,“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history is a man's original virtue. It is through disobedience progress was made.” Through rebellions ,uprisings and protest there was always some sort of change. The people's…

The creation of men and women of God is considered to be equal. Amongst each other, men and women should have the same range of rights and freedom. However in society, men are predominantly seen as more superior in ranking than women. In fact, as Oscar Wilde states, “women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them” (quotery). Likewise, in countries like Saudi Arabia and Vatican City women are restricted to vote and forbidden to maneuver around…

According to Irish author Oscar Wilde “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” In all aspects of history, there has been disobedience. The definition of disobedience is the “failure or refusal to obey rules.” Disobedience has a negative connotation but in most major cases without disobedience progression would never have been possible. Disobedience is a…

Oscar Wilde once said “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation”. Joseph Boyden describes the devastating impact that colonialism had on the Wendat people through his novel The Orenda, which explores the collisions of worlds of the Huron, Iroquois, and French. Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock by Drew Taylor illustrates the plight of the Odawa tribe, through a magical encounter of three members - one from past, present,…

make a point about society or a relatable issue that we all deal with. They have to make certain artistic decisions to help enhance and support the statement that they are trying to make to their audience. In Oliver Parker’s cinematic adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, the integrating of diverse camera work, editing, staging and close following of the original text give the cinematic viewer a much closer understanding of Parker’s purpose of adapting the original play to…

Power and privilege: How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? Oscar Wilde’s Salome, published in French in 1893 and translated to English the following year, is a biblical one-act play that revolves around the central themes of gender roles, institutionalized misogyny, as well as the ‘the gaze’ and its effect. Being a somewhat controversial play, it was denied the right to be staged in Britain until 1931 (Price & Tydeman, 1) as it was illegal to depict biblical figures in…

What is beauty? According to Lexi Herrick, ‘’Beauty is happiness”(Herrick). People experience Beauty in many ways, some see it in new places, animals, the planets, and at times even themselves. The sun, moon, the heart, paris, and horses all have their own beauty, all in their own ways. The sun is one of the largest and most beautiful stars, but it is not the largest (sun facts). Our sun is classified as a dwarf star, and the biggest star is called Red Giants(sun facts) although the sun is not…

very well in character development such as with the main character of the book. As she goes through many different marriages and divorces while on her pursuit of true love. The quote “we are each our own devil and we make this world our hell.” by Oscar Wilde ties into many parts of the theme of Macbeth, Lord Of The Flies and Their Eyes Were Watching…