THE TRAGIC MODE IN OSCAR WILDE’S FAIRY TALES DÉBORAH SCHEIDT‚ Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa ABSTRACT: In this paper we examine the articulation of the tragic mode in Oscar Wilde‟s collection of fairy tales The Happy Prince and Other Stories‚ especially in “The Young King”‚ “The Selfish Giant” and “The Birthday of the Infanta.” By “tragic mode” we mean‚ in this context‚ the vestiges left by Greek tragedy and its development‚ the Elizabethan tragedy‚ in a piece of nineteenth century fiction
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In Salome‚ Oscar Wilde conveys a hazardous connection concerning view and erotic cravings that cause death. The drama portrays an evening in a noble courtyard which Herod‚ the Tetrarch of Judea‚ and his wife‚ Herodias‚ have a banquet gathering for a few Jewish officials. Herodias’s daughter Salome goes to the terrace during the party‚ where she entices the stare of other men in the play‚ while she also develops attraction to the clairvoyant‚ Iokanaan. Her erotic craving for Iokanaan primes his
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Oscar Wilde’s conversion to Catholicism was a slow—if not incomplete—change of heart. Indeed‚ it seemed to be the “form‚ rather than the content” (Ellman 34) that began the author’s dalliance with the religion‚ as he seemed instinctively drawn to the maryr-happy‚ scarlet-toned atmosphere of piety due to its artistic implications. It was Catholicism’s deviancy from the normative values of Victorian Anglicanism‚ not the specificities of its dogma‚ which attracted Wilde‚ as its contrast with religious
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The Selfish Giant The Selfish Giant is a story about a giant who learned an important lesson about love and sharing. A selfish giant had a beautiful garden. He went away for a long time‚ and children began to play in his garden. When he came back‚ he told the children to go away. The giant built a high wall. No one could go into the garden. Spring could not enter the garden. Only Winter could enter it. There were no flowers or birds. Then‚ things changed. The children secretly came back into
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Oscar Wilde And His Fairy Tales I. Introduction Wilde‚ Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (b. Oct. 16‚ 1854‚ Dublin‚ Ire ?d. Nov. 30‚ 1900‚ Paris‚ Fr.) Irish wit‚ poet and dramatist whose reputation rests on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1893) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1899). He was a spokesman for Aestheticism‚ the late19th-century movement in England that advocated art for art’s sake. However‚ Oscar Wilde’s takeoff of his enterprise and‚ his shaping of his characteristic
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The world is a stage‚ but the play is badly cast (wilde). Oscar wilde was born October 16‚1854 in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ and died November 30‚1900 in Paris‚ France. Oscar WIlde was a popular figure in late victorian England. Oscar wilde was in many plays‚ but one of his most famous was the Importance of being Earnest‚ but his other plays are Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892)‚ ‚ The Woman of no Importance (1893)‚An Ideal Husband (1895)‚and his most famous play‚ the Importance of being Earnest(1895) and then
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Oscar Wilde wrote himself into history as a sharp and pungent writer and an exceptional personality with a suitable epigram at hand for every occasion. He is‚ though‚ perhaps most well-known for his infamous relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas‚ which resulted in Wilde being sentenced to two years of hard labor for homosexual offences. However‚ Wilde left to the world not only the fascinating story of his own life‚ but also a number of literary works in a variety of genres‚ both fictional and non-fictional
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Oscar Wilde once said‚ “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist‚ not of the sitter.” This was true in Wilde’s life except he was not painting portraits‚ but rather creating wonderful literary works of art that people still enjoy today. All of his works portrayed Wilde’s talent and creativity. Oscar Wilde was born on October 16‚ 1854‚ to two successful parents‚ Dr. William Wilde and Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde. Wilde’s father was a successful eye and ear doctor. He
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Oscar Wilde and His Dandies ——Taking The Importance of Being Earnest as example Abstract: Oscar Wilde (1854---1900) was the outstanding playwright‚ novelist‚ essayist‚ and poet at the end of 19th century. He devoted himself to the “Art for Art’s Sake” movement‚ and had influenced the British literary field for the whole century. One of his most distinguishing writing features is dandies in his works. This article here‚ divided into three parts‚ introduces and analyzes the truth of the Wildean
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death was beautiful. Oscar Wilde’s main interest involves double lives. The concept of double lives is shown in real life based on the fact that we never show people who we really are. Wilde himself lived a double life which leads to a series of unfortunate events. His work that exposed his life of duplicity at the greatest factor was his play. The reason his literature was indulged in this theme was simply because he could not escape it‚ he faced it in his day-to-day life. In Oscar Wilde’s literature
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