Oscar Zeta Acosta

community in the 1800s were marked by their sexuality. Their pieces of work, if even read, were ridiculed. Anything they did was placed below writings of their straight counterparts, no matter the skill of the author. A man who walked a fine line is Oscar Wilde. He lived in the later part of the 1800s, among the aristocrats of Victorian England. He lived a secret life as he married and had children, trying to fit with the societal standards.…

Sublime Industry and Risky Aesthetics: A Comparison of Edward Burtynsky’s OIL and Karen Solie’s “Bitumen” Karen Solie’s poem “Bitumen” (2015) and Edward Burtynsky’s photography collection OIL (2009) both question the adequacy of sublime aesthetics as a representational mode for depicting the effects of industry. I will explore how the oil industry is represented as sublime in Burtynsky’s OIL and the critical and ironic distance this representation requires. Informing this will be historical…

uncover how superficial and selfish the characters are. They feign as though they are compassionate and caring, but deep down, all they care about is their appearance. This exposure is an important element in the novel. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde depicts the upper class within Victorian society as corrupt and inconsiderate through the use of details and imagery surrounding their beliefs and actions.…

Furthermore, Oscar Wilde projects himself in addition to the Id, Ego, and Superego through Dorian Gray, based on how Wilde lived a “Double Life”(Schmidt 3). Dorian was thought to be pure and innocent when really his inner self reflected the complete opposite. Dorian “desperately wanted to find his true identity”(Schmidt 4) and longed to be known for more than just his appearance. Dorian’s desperation resulted in an unhealthy intrigue with Henry Wotton. Henry’s fascination with Dorian resulted…

This centers on a debate one of which happened to be around the time Oscar Pistorius sought approval to participate within the Olympic sport. The article states, “the debate over whether or not his J-shaped carbon-fiber blades give him an unfair advantage” (Rohan). However, science failed to provide statistical and concrete…

The yard was filled with the sickeningly sweet scent of blooming flowers, from the hard-petaled magnolias to the soft brittle trilliums, all competing and vying for the attention of the beholder, Dorian Gray. In a place not accustomed to the cruelty of the outside world he lived peacefully with his only true friend and companion, Basil Hallward. They ate, drank, and talked together in the luscious garden of flowers, day by day. This peaceful and monotonous life was home to them: that is, until…

Oscar Wilde, or as his full name, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in 1854 in Dublin. He published his first book in 1881 which was a volume of poems. After moving to Chelsea, England, he wrote for several newspapers and he also edited ’The Woman’s World’ magazine. He had published some smaller works, until he wrote ’The Picture of Dorian Gray” which appeared in Lippincott’s Magazine in 1890. He later added more chapters to his work and ’The Portrait of Dorian Gray’ was published as…

How does Dorian Gray’s portrait play a central role in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray? Bavarian International School Candidate Name: Sandra Forro Candidate Number: “There is something fatal about a portrait. It has a life of its own.” Supervisor: J. Cook Subject: English Literature Examination Session: April 2015 Word Count: In his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde depicts a tale that revolves around the full-length portrait of Dorian Gray, whose marvelous…

The Golden Cage The personal journey of Oscar begins during his high school days. It was 2009 and was Oscar’s second year of being here in America; The land of opportunity. Oscar was forced to learn English and took him three years to defend himself by the language barriers. Before any of that art was something that Oscar was always been good at. His high school saw that in him and put him on a lot of art classes. This was the right choice made by his counselor. Oscar’s art teacher Virginia…

The Picture of Dorian Gray written by Oscar Wilde contains many characters with flaws. Dorian Gray, who is the main character, shows his character flaws throughout the book. At the beginning of the book, Dorian was innocent and kind young man. However, the reader soon figures out that he is a person that actually like bad things and gives up easily. Because of these two character flaws, Dorian sadly dies at the end of the book. First of all, throughout the book, Dorian seems to look like a kind…