This wit is the key to Wilde's own aesthetic style, which simultaneously scoffs at the uselessness of art and trumpets that uselessness as art's greatest value; as an aesthete influenced by such men as Walter Pater, Wilde believed in art for art's own sake, and it was only in being useless that art could exist for no sake other than its own. In this independence, Wilde believed art was free to be beautiful, and the artist free to occupy his role as the maker of beautiful things. ... Algernon is a perfect example of a Wildean character; sketched out to be a rebel, speaking agains...

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These examples include, Old Misery's house is a symbol for art, beauty, and upper classes moreover, It symbolizes the need to destroy something aesthetic when in the atmosphere of war. ... Trevor, on the other hand, was exposed to art and aesthetic things while growing up so this gives him even more reason to destroy the house. Graham Greene continues to show how Old Misery's house symbolizes art, when Trevor tells the rest of the Wormsley Common Gang that the house is "beautiful" (page51 ln 31). ... These statements make it clear that the house symbolizes an object of beauty and ar...

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Generations ago communication was done through coding using tools, script, art, and formulas. ... She thought that this was the perfect opportunity for a woman to get involved in the research and studies on peace education because who better to conduct the studies than a woman. ... She felt that women were better at nurturing than men so this was the perfect studies to conduct and be a part of. ...

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"Her Mother," is a short story in Appachana's first book, "Incantation and Other Stories." It was published in England in 1991 and in America in 1992. It is a short story collection that examines middle-class Indian life, especially among families who cross international boundaries. Her Mother tell...

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