Pencey Prep is a boarding school for boys located in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania that Holden was attending at the beginning of the novel. It is the fourth school Holden has attended and is later the fourth school he is kicked out of because of his poor marks. Pencey Prep is where the reader is able to get their first glance of Holden’s lonesome character‚ strong opinion of phonies and the fact that he does not apply himself as he fails four out of five classes. At Pencey Prep‚ the theme of “alienation
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Book Report - The Picture of Dorian Gray You have to suffer for beauty. That is the saying. But does this suffering have a limit? Oscar wild touches this subjects in The Picture of Dorian gray. The book was first published in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890. The magazine’s editors feared that the it was too indecent to submit‚ so they roughly censured 500 words. The book covers many genres; Gothic fiction‚ comedy of manner‚ philosophical fiction‚ comedy of manners
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Dorian Gray Theme Revision Youth and Beauty “All the candour of youth was there‚ as well as youths passionate purity” “And beauty is a form of genius—is higher indeed that genius as it needs no explanation” “It has a divine right of sovereignty” “I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die” “When one loses ones good looks‚ whatever they may be‚ one loses everything” “Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old I shall kill myself”
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Matisse was born in a small cottage in 1869‚ he was his parents first born child. His father was traditional and stern whereas his mother was kind hearted and loving. In addition to having a compassionate soul‚ Henri’s mother ran a section of her husband’s shop that sold house paints. Anna‚ his mother‚ loved everything Henri did. Throughout his life‚ he spoke very highly of his mother‚ after all‚ she is responsible for Henri’s discovery of art. In 1887 Henri went to school to study Law in Paris‚
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My poem‚ “Dorian”‚ responds to the character‚ Dorian Gray. My first stanza of the poem reflects Dorian’s character. Dorian Gray was terribly egotistic‚ After reading the yellow book he was very Hedonistic. All he cared about was his vanity‚ After that‚ he started to lose his humanity. My poem explains how Dorian is egotistical and thinks his vanity is very important.He gets introduced to Hedonism which is the theory that pleasure or satisfaction is the goal of life. When Dorian lives his life for
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Oscar Wilde comments on the societal values of the Victorian era in his critically acclaimed play The Importance of Being Earnest. Through the use of the literary element of characterization‚ especially of Jack‚ Wilde portrays himself as a strong critic of the society he lived in. Throughout the play‚ Wilde uses characterization to reflect his criticism by emphasizing the major flaws of Jack. Firstly‚ Wilde criticizes the people of the Victorian era as being simple and insincere by embodying these
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Clearly “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde is a superb piece of satire. In the act‚ Wilde manages to humorize the daily lives of those in the victorian era‚ as well as the format in which they made vital decisions and how they were decided. Wilde most likely decided to focus on this topic to make people realize how ridiculous the system was‚ and why they should change it to realistic beliefs. Such as those of following love and how money and titles do not really make people any different
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Earnest by Oscar Wilde represents consistent themes throughout the play that relate to problems in everyday life. The play primarily revolves around two men‚ Jack Worthing and Algernon. Both men treasure the women they have always wanted and finally got‚ but soon this perfect love becomes complicated when both are found telling little white lies to get what they want. Wilde uses these two men and their stories to show how one little white lie creates more lies and leads to a downfall. Wilde illustrates
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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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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Novel Summary: Chapters 13-15 inShare Summary They go upstairs and Dorian shows Basil the picture. Basil is horrified. He wonders who has made the hideous changes. Why has the painting altered? Dorian explains what has happened‚ and Basil‚ shocked‚ says that Dorian must be even worse than his enemies say he is. He is deeply upset and urges Dorian to pray. Dorian says it is too late. Feeling a sudden rush of hatred for the painter‚ he picks up a knife
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