Oscar Wilde

The title itself looks ironic since no one in the play is ready, to tell the truth about various events (Wilde 89). For instance, most of them are not telling their real names, where they have been, among other important details. At the opening of the play, Jack has formed a convenient younger brother known as Ernest. The surprising thing is that the audience…

Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior to fit in with a group. When people conform they follow the same rules, laws, and trends as everyone else. In The Giver the society has strict rules that everyone must conform to. In my opinion conformity is a bad thing. In The Giver the people have no choice of freedom, In addition, there is no diversity or uniqueness and lastly no self-expression. To begin with when you conform you have no freedom of…

Defiance Oscar Wilde stated that disobedience is a form of social progress because it involves the community coming together to face a conflict. In any country, state, or civilization; working together to overcome a dilemma is the only way to have a positive improvement for us people. When it comes to being very noncompliance with people that are in power, there tends to be bloodshed, it can cause the lives of some. It’ll hurt when there’s rebellions, or revolutions; people get hurt and some…

Disobedience is a natural human reaction to oppression. Even in the earliest years, disobedience has impacted lives, and a natural response to perceived inequality. It challenges established norms and facilitates our evolving environment and society. And through disobedience, systems of inequality are defeated and vast societal progress is made, stressing its value as a vital human trait. The biggest steps in social progress have been accomplished through disobedience. Whether it had been done…

Recently, I participated in a heated discussion during a double date on the subject of what it means to be selfish and, on the other end, what qualifies as a selfless act. Soon after our little debate started, the idea that selflessness being completely unattainable rose to the surface. I couldn’t believe my ears! Selflessness, let alone, a selfless act, is thought of as impossible? “What about Mother Teresa,” I responded, desperately searching for an explanation, “or those laying down their…

Several short stories have criticized the characteristics of the upper class in England; Authors, Oscar Wilde and Katherine Mansfield, have criticized the upper class through their stories. Katherine Mansfield’s stories “The Doll House,” “A Cup of Tea,” and “The Garden Party,” and Oscar Wilde’s story, “Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime,” portray how the upper class tends to be self-centered, untruthful, insensitive, and superficial. The first negative characteristic of the upper class is their…

As Oscar Wilde states, “Disobedience is a man’s greatest virtue.” People are entitled to their own original way of thinking. Human kind by nature is stubborn and willing to do anything for their own beliefs. Individuals are needed to express those ideas and broaden human exposure for the sake of everyone. For example, back when colored people when discriminated against in the 1960’s, the affected banded together and demanded change for the better. Their disobedience to follow the laws and…

experiences. For example, audiences would have enjoyed a humorous passage from Act One. Jack states that he lost both his parents and Lady Bracknell replies, “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune- to lose both seems like carelessness” (Wilde 1709). People found Wilde’s work amusing and delightful because of how it plays with language as seen in Lady Bracknell’s response. Each situation gets more extreme and hilarious as the play progresses. Wilde’s audience found entertainment and…

Disobedience to Oscar Wilde in his eyes is known to be a social trait that advocates progress and is a “valuable human trait.” Throughout history we have had many outstanding changes having to do with people standing out that have promoted betterment in our nation and even today to this day. Like Martin Luther King Jr. who made it possible for African American people able to have the respect and rights they merit. Also a very brave woman that in time because of her disobedience of not following…

Duality was a common theme in Victorian literature. Through the use of Duality the author gained the ability to criticize society, this is seen in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Stevenson and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Both novels follow the lives of men who by the end of their lives have evolved into soulless individuals overrun by their guilty pleasures. While Jekyll splits his character into two by transforming into Mr. Hyde, Gray transfers his evilness…