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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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    5/31/2015 The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde: Summary Meritantion Like 268k  PurchaseCall us at 011­40705070  or   Click to Call Explore Nowdown Arrow Log In Register JEE | AIPMT Class XII Class XI Class X Class IX Class VIII Class VII Class VI Class V Class IV Class III Class II Class I The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde: Summary Share 0 Tweet 0 0 The Canterville Ghost‚ by Oscar Wilde‚ begins when Mr. Otis and his family come to live in the Canterville Chase‚ even though they were advised not to

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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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    The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written by Irish writer‚ Oscar Wilde. The main character‚ rich and beautiful Dorian Gray‚ owns his portrait‚ which instead of him becomes older and where are traces of sin and mistakes. While Gray becomes uncontrollable and ruthless‚ his appearance stays youthful and flawless. At the end‚ in his despair‚ Gray destroys the picture and himself. The novel gives us a very good lesson – we can do whatever we want

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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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    just as dynamic. Some pieces of literature represent love as a part of life in the sense that one does not live without experiencing love. On the other hand though‚ love is just as often made a mockery of; it’s depicted as a useless feeling that only distracts people from logic and rational thinking. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ a play by Oscar Wilde set in Victorian England‚ love is mocked which is evident in Cecily’s lust for Ernest‚ Gwendolen’s love for the name Ernest and Algernon’s ideas

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    Irish 1891‚ Oscar Wilde‚ stated‚ “Disobedience‚ in the eyes of anyone who has read history‚ is a man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made‚ through disobedience and through rebellion.” Wilde’s purpose of his claim is to remind mankind that disobedience is not always foul when fighting for a constitutional right and for the good of mankind. Imagine how unfair the world would be if we didn’t have the courage to stand up for the rights we believed in. Oscar Wilde’s claim

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    says‚ “Throughout the Victorian period‚ there was a strict separation between the public and the private sphere. Men were to handle public affairs and women were to take charge of domestic life” (Meijers 7). In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde employs a reversal of gender roles‚ including a shift in power that predates this movement‚ effectively challenging traditional Victorian views. He does so by giving his female cast‚ notably Lady Bracknell‚ Cecily Cardew and Miss Fairfax‚ power

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    "The Importance of Being Earnest" was written by the famous Irish author‚ Oscar Wilde. The play represents Wildes late Victorian view of the aristocracy‚ marriage‚ wit‚ and social life during the early 1900’s. His characters are typical Victorian snobs who are arrogant‚ overly proper‚ formal‚ and concerned with money. Wilde portrays the women on two separate levels‚ Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are young‚ sheltered‚ and without identity‚ while Lady Bracknell is the strong adult authority figure

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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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