OSCAR WILDE’S GOTHIC: THE PRESENCE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts with a Major in English in the College of Graduate Studies University of Idaho by Peter Stegner August 2007 Major Professor: Gary Williams‚ Ph.D. ii AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT THESIS This thesis of Peter Stegner‚ submitted for the degree of Master of Arts with a major in English and titled “Oscar
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"Wilde’s presentation of women and marriage in the novel is wholly critical" How far and in what ways do you agree with this view? In the novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ Oscar Wilde presents the image of women and the idea of marriage in many different ways‚ sometimes heavily negative‚ through dysfunctional relationships as well as saintly imagery. This presentation can be said to be influenced by several aspects such as contextually‚ Wilde himself lived in a patriarchal society‚ whose stereotyped
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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY Rhodes University Sociology III Contemporary Social Theory WEEK 5 Jacques Rancière: Richard Pithouse Jacques Rancière starts‚ as Peter Hallward notes in the essay that we will read for the first lecture‚ from the assumption that everybody thinks and everybody speaks but that not everyone is authorised to think and to speak. Rancière’s work is in fundamental and sustained rebellion against the attempt to place limits on the right to think and to speak. While his
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4 Art ...................................................................................4 Education .........................................................................5 SECRECY AND SHAME ...................................................9 Basil/Dorian.....................................................................9 Dorian/Lord Henry/other men .........................................11 EFFEMINACY ....................................................................14 CONCLUSION .....
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Artist Basil Hallward sees Dorian and decides he wants to paint a portrait of this stunning example of a man‚ and Dorian consents. While sitting for the portrait at Basil’s studio‚ Dorian meets Basil’s dear friend‚ the socialite/philosopher Lord Henry Wotton. Lord
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nature early last year. This natural disaster left the country-especially its capital Port-au-Prince-in ruins. Several researchers have published their explanations describing why Haiti was severely affected by the earthquake. David Brooks and Peter Hallward are one of those people who came up with their own reasoning for Haiti’s failure to prevent the earthquake. Both of them explained that the earthquake could have been prevented if it were to happen in a developed country; but the reasoning for each
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Introduction Stylistics‚ sometimes called lingvo-stylistics‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontological features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication
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Oscar Wilde INTRODUCTION: THE AESTHETICISM. The term " aestheticism" derives from Greek and means: "Perceiving through senses". It was also for the Romantic culture‚ in fact the movement has its roots in the Romanticism‚ but‚ at the same time‚ it signs a turn: now tartist‚ or better the aesthete‚ has to feel the sensations but also live them in his life. The message of the aestheticism is: "Living the beauty!" The figure of the aesthete presents some corrispondences with the French figure‚
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Throughout the novel‚ the characters‚ specifically‚ Basil‚ utilize moral ambiguity in order to deceive themselves and others. By doing so‚ the characters allow themselves to live guilt-free and unaware of their actions‚ and subsequently‚ the consequences. Throughout the novel‚ Basil repeatedly claims that he cares deeply for Dorian‚ and that Dorian is the best friend that he has ever had; therefore‚ his actions are well-intentioned. While it is true that Basil cares deeply for Dorian‚ he does not care for
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artist‚ Basil. He sells his soul to a friend of Basil‚ Lord Henry. In the novel‚ Basil and Lord Henry emphasizes Dorian’s inner conflict between innocence and satanic evil throughout the novel to portray that one must overcome the influences of our peers to find our true self. Basil provokes Dorian’s innocence allowing him a chance to avoid corruption. In the novel‚ Basil paints Dorian a portrait because he admires Dorian’s beauty. Basil views Dorian as someone who is
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