Wild Children In the beginning of the 1920’s‚ Russia was controlled by a communist era. Everyone struggled to survive in a country they have considered their own. Parents were taken away‚ children were stolen from homes. Everyone was oppressed from the right to live freely. Felice Holman‚ author of the book the Wild Children centers her book on how the children of Russia in the 1920’s sought refuge to survive and pushed through the limitation of childhood caused by societal revolution especially
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meant‚ making the reader think and wanting to know more. “…There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about‚ and that is not being talked about‚” Lord Henry states to Basil who no longer seeks the hype of having a reputation as an artist. In this aphorism‚ Lord Henry tries to explain to Basil that throwing away his reputation isn’t worth it. As a human being‚ Lord Henry recognizes that the fame and such can all be overwhelming‚ especially when you start to hear whispers about
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His painted image‚ however‚ asserts itself as his conscience and hounds him with the knowledge of his crimes: there he sees the cruelty he showed to Sibyl Vane and the blood he spilled killing Basil Hallward. It’s a kind of living allegory‚ a visible interpretation of Dorian’s soul. Basically‚ the picture represents Dorian’s inner self‚ which becomes uglier with each passing hour and with every crime he commits. It is the image of Dorian’s
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supremacy of youth and beauty. From the diction we the readers can get the idea that Wilde was a very educated man. From character to character‚ the dialogue is very different. While Lord Henry is very proper and he uses very intellectual language‚ Basil is almost opposite of that. Most of the book is in dialect and that contributes to the theme because through
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After Basil II died‚ “it was followed by a period of decline during which in its foreign policy Byzantium lived on the prestige won in the previous age and at home gave free play to all the forces making for disintegration.” According to Ostrogorsky‚ the “breathing space was not spent in conservation and consolidation‚” but it was a nice break time‚ although the empire had some “heroic achievements” and had a peace time. According to Ostrogorsky‚ “the ineffective successors of Basil II were not
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Dorian Gray‚ is introduced as an innocent‚ beautiful young boy until he-in a mad instant- prays that his beauty shall live on while his portrait bares the resemblance of his shame and disgrace. Basil Hallward‚ the painter of the doomed portrait‚ praises Dorian for his timeless beauty and innocence. Basil is obsessed with Dorian‚ and his pleasure is found with the ideal of Dorian that allows him to paint so elusively. The corruption of Dorian begins with Basil’s adoration‚ but it is lofted with Lord
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The term gothic fiction implies a British literary genre from the late eighteenth‚ and early nineteenth century. The modernized term seems to have been generalized into anything that is dark‚ gloomy‚ or depressing. Gothic novels often time posses an emphasis on portraying the terror‚ a prominent use of supernatural circumstances‚ the presence of highly stereotyped characters‚ and the attempt to display techniques of literary suspense. There are also other parallels among this vastly popular genre
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