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    Controversy has surrounded Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray since its publication‚ but critics often disagree on the how the ethics of the tale conflict with the morality of society‚ both then and now. It was common belief that‚ when the novel was first published‚ the story was immoral and the themes of decadence offended the seemingly “delicate” senses of the Victorian society. (“Oscar Wilde” 408) However‚ now that a different culture has developed and minds have opened‚ the ethics of the

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    Story ending with the two main characters had a long happy life forever in the heaven with God. This is the arrangement of  Oscar Wilde-a christian writer‚ which we to call a " happy ending". Form the deadlock that the story went as swallow’s death and the condiction of Happy prince’s status melted‚ the religious belief of the writer has been imposed for satisfying the christian readers especially the poor. That’s also the short way-solution for him to end his story and its easy to be agreed by christian

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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao focuses less on its title character and more on the history and contemporary diaspora of the Dominican Republic. Oscar Wao is the midpoint that allows Junot Díaz to explore multiple themes of sexuality‚ hyper masculinity tangled with identity‚ and the effects of diaspora. Similarly‚ the Heart of Darkness‚ by Joseph Conrad‚ delves into the effects of post-colonialism in Africa; proving the novel is less about its main character‚ Kurtz‚ and more about the horrendous

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    The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses word play in reference to the word “earnest.” Throughout his play‚ Wilde focuses on the matter of who is the most sincere or “earnest” and who is actually the person whose name is Ernest. The two main characters‚ Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing‚ both claim to be Ernest for deceptive reasons. Wilde develops his characters Algernon and Jack in order to portray them as hypocritical to the definition

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    Rohan Naik’s Film Comparison essay Rohan Naik The Phantom menace the first film out of the Prequel to the Star wars trilogy was directed by George Lucas (the director and creator of the Star Wars franchise) whereas Slumdog Millionaire on the other hand was directed by Danny Boyle. Even though both films were directed by different directors they both introduce the theme of the underdog battling their social circumstances to create a better life for themselves. This can be seen by Jamal Malik

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    What was the impact of the Oscar Wilde case on attitudes to crime and punishment? A negative view was held towards homosexuality going as far back as 1553 when ‘The Buggery Act’ came into place instructing that the act of buggery was a capital offence‚ it was thought of as a sin against nature and therefore should be banned from taking place in society. However‚ many people had a tolerant view to homosexuality in the idea that as long as it was behind closed doors then it could be ignore‚ but

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    The Conflict Between Aestheticism and Morality in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde prefaces his novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ with a reflection on art‚ the artist‚ and the utility of both. After careful scrutiny‚ he concludes: “All art is quite useless” (Wilde 4). In this one sentence‚ Wilde encapsulates the complete principles of the Aesthetic Movement popular in Victorian England. That is to say‚ real art takes no part in molding the social or moral identities

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    setting of London a recurring theme of hedonism and thorough admiration for beauty and individualism reflect Dorian’s inner motives as well as his long sought self purpose. In this sense the most significant moral of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is that the supreme task of the individual is to realize fully‚ and from within‚ one’s own identity. Dorian exemplifies the drama of his troubles on the rough journey to find his identity from influences of a conceited hedonistic friend‚ and

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    Slumdog
Millionaire
is
a
successful
and
popular
Bollywood
film.
Bollywood
films
are
 movies
that
are
produced
in
Mumbai
in
India‚
and
this
is
one
of
the
largest
film
 productions
in
the
whole
world.
 In
the
film‚
we
get
an
insight
in
India’s
culture‚
and
how
the
industry
is
changing.
The
 film
is
a
about
a
boy
called
Jamal.
He
is
a
poor
18‐year
old
boy
who
lives
in
the
slum
in
 India.
He
joins
a
TV‐show
called
“Who
wants
to
be
a
millionaire”
and
tries
out
for
the
big
 price‚
20‚000‚000
rupees

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    Oscar Wilde in many ways was far ahead of the Victorian society that he found himself in. Wilde’s homosexual lifestyle and focus on sensuality were so frowned upon in the Victorian society that they were actually illegal‚ which led to his eventual imprisonment and downfall (Bastiat 2). It is almost as if Oscar Wilde’s life itself was a satire‚ because these aspects of himself that were illegal and frowned upon were what made his play The Importance of Being Earnest so successful. Wilde’s play was

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