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    The Canterville Ghost is not just a short story by Oscar Wilde about a haunted mansion with a ghost; it is also a comedy and a parody of British aristocracy. In this story‚ the author makes fun of American pride and love of wealth by having the American Ambassador who buys the mansion say: "I will take the furniture and the ghost at a valuation. I have come from a modern country‚ where we have everything that money can buy". Oscar Wilde’s "The Canterville Ghost" is a story of a family’s relationship

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    In his preface‚ Oscar Wild dare to say that art is quite useless. "What do you mean art is useless?" was the first thing that came in my mind‚ "but art has so much meaning: it elevates our awareness of things‚ questions everything‚ contextualizes and re-contextualizes ideas‚ sharpens our appreciation for beauty‚ thought‚ and skill‚ it can define cultures‚ and is able to capture the essence and spirit of the time in which it’s made". It doesn’t have only meaning but it is useful too. It is useful

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    The Importance of Being Victorian: Oscar Wilde “The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either‚ and modern literature a complete impossibility” (Wilde 14). As a brilliant writer of the 1800’s‚ Oscar Wilde devoted the majority of his works towards unveiling the harsh truths of the Victorian society. Leading a life of deception himself‚ he chose to showcase his distastes for the social injustice he saw around him with unrestrained humor. Being the first

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    De Profundis        Oscar Wilde                   De Profundis    DE PROFUNDIS    .  .  .  Suffering  is  one  very  long  moment.  We  cannot  divide  it  by  seasons.  We  can  only  record  its  moods‚  and  chronicle  their  return.  With  us  time  itself  does  not  progress.  It  revolves.  It  seems  to  circle  round  one  centre  of  pain.  The  paralysing  immobility  of  a  life  every  circumstance of which is regulated after an unchangeable pattern‚ so 

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    Love Without Love 1. According to the first four lines‚ the speaker loved this particular person because they never saw this person coming into their life‚ therefore it was a surprise and they saw a drastic change something called love. 2. The metaphor in lines 5-6 is "I’ve fly you flying through my soul in quick‚ loft flight" and this means that this special person came into their life very quickly like a plane‚ it was in and it was out. The extended metaphor is that this person was looking

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    3 October 2012 Oscar Wilde‚ Victorian or Anti-Victorian? Oscar Wilde was a writer during the end of the Victorian era. This is one of the reasons that it is difficult‚ and still debated‚ whether he was a Victorian writer or not. His private life was far from the puritanical image of the Victorian era. The Victorian age was full of rigid sensibilities‚ while the anti-Victorian movement veered in the complete opposite direction. The anti-Victorians were much more adventurous with sex. There

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    Oscar Banks and his father‚ Campbell‚ are overwhelmingly and scarily similar. Although they are related‚ being father and son‚ the way they act as almost the same person is eerie and concerning. Both use lying‚ trickery‚ and other forms of manipulation to get what they want‚ however they both have very different agendas. Although both Oscar and his father Campbell believe in manipulation‚ Campbell uses manipulation as a way to control everything‚ where Oscar uses manipulation to undo his father’s

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    Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde was one of the poets who‘s lyrics refused the problems of morality and philosophy which troubled the population during the Victorian era in the nineteenth century‚ and he found images for his own moods‚ loves and experience. His work as a dramatist and his legendary name‚ have given his verses a significant reputation. (Evans‚ I.‚ 1976‚ p.114) Wilde’s pleasure in provocation and his examination of different moral perspectives are

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    Case Study Example Oscar Mayer Case / MKT 300 / 2009 This is an example of an “A” case write-up from a past course. Notice the paper is clear‚ concise‚ and focuses on the author’s recommendation but also brief and to the point. – There is a short description of the case written in the author’s own words summarizing the situation and identifying the core issue. There is not regurgitation of the case meaning the author did not repeat the case word-for-word instead he/she chose to state the situation

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    What good does always being earnest do you if you are not "Ernest"? Oscar Wilde’s play‚ "The Importance of Being Earnest"‚ explores exactly this notion‚ following two men who readily abandon their namesakes in order to win the affections of their respective fair ladies. The play opens in London with a conversation held between these two men‚ Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. However‚ at the play’s origin‚ Algernon only knows his friend as "Ernest". This rapidly changes with the aid of a cigarette

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