10-29-12 Period: 2nd Kim Wilde Analysis In Kim Wilde‚ it’s been a year after her Uncle Taher dies‚ Iran reopens its borders. The family gets their passports. Marjane wants the family to take a vacation together but her parents tell her that they need a vacation alone. They tell her that they are going to Turkey. They promised to bring her back Western things‚ like posters of Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden. Marjane’s father says that he really likes Iron
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on beauty‚ which would re-word the phrase to "art for the sake of beauty and its elevating effects." No matter the wording‚ art for art’s sake became central to the British Aestheticism Movement1 in the last part of the nineteenth century. Oscar Wilde‚ along with other writers of the century‚ published several works relating to the art for art’s sake theme and aestheticism one of which is the volume Intentions.2 Within the work contains four essays: "The Decay of Lying‚" "Pen‚ Pencil and Poison
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com/b/the_sick_rose.html] novel metaphor: Time is jealous of you and wars against your lilies and your roses [Wilde O. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Penguin books. 1994. P.30] Conventional metaphor "If all the world’s a stage‚ where is the audience sitting?" [by Steven Wright “Anatomy of English humor” Lev Barsky Либроком‚ Москва‚ 2012] Genuine methaphor The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty‚ becomes sluggish [Wilde O. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Penguin books. 1994. P.31] Dead metaphor O‚ beware‚ my lord‚ of
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Demonstration about the Impossible Synthesis between Hellenism and Hebraism Hellenism and Hebraism are two philosophical perspectives on the question of how human beings can be perfected. Hellenism means seeing things as they really are in their essence as a grand and precious feat for man to achieve‚ in their beauty‚ getting rid of ignorance‚ thinking clearly. It’s defined by the spontaneity of consciousness‚ figuring things out spontaneously and its aim is
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what I would like to be.” – Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde is known for his literature and the emphasis his puts in his work. As for ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’‚ the characters show specific attributes which leave leaves the knowledgeable reader wondering how they relate to Oscar Wilde in different ways. Each character has certain attributes which prove that TPDG (The picture of Dorian Gray) is a sort of reflection on Wilde’s ideas and way of living. As the quote from Wilde himself states above‚ there are
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The Picture of Dorian Gray – Victorian Era Gray swaps his soul for the painting through an indirect Faustian Bargain. Quote: ’Yes‚ there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that! ’ Social Values/Context: Aestheticism was exposed to Dorian Gray by Lord Henry who was an aesthetic himself‚ which ultimately leads to the Faustian Bargain. Quote: "Oh‚ she is better than good – she is beautiful‚" murmured Lord Henry‚ sipping a glass of vermouth and orange-bitters
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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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their lack of complete perfection. He excersised this immoral atroscity on a day to day basis. Much the same as this personal story of mine‚ which is corrupted with injustices much replicates the story in The Picture of Dorien Gray‚ by Oscar Wilde of characters with wealth and power destroy the community through immoral practices and the corruption of others. Powerful men and women have the greatest effect on others‚ and their actions can lead to endless possibilities of happiness‚ but they
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Regardless of his personal life‚ Wilde’s inclusion of homo-erotica‚ or its undertones‚ would be indicative of his true aesthetic style. The name "Dorian" has connotations of the Dorians‚ an ancient Greek tribe. Robert Mighall suggests this could be Wilde hinting at a connection to "greek"‚ a euphemism for the homoeroticism accepted as everyday in ancient Greece. First‚ the friendship between Dorian‚ Basil‚ and Lord Henry serves as the backbone of the plot: here we see the Greek aspect of homo-eroticism
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