Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an amazing author, playwright and critic who was capable of incredible insight into Victorian society. He questioned the ways of the society and attacked the narrow-mindedness and complacency. Wilde wrote many works that dealt with the suffering and loss of innocence, usually and particularly of females. In many texts throughout Wilde's lifetime he presents different female characters with distinct characteristics of strengths and weakness". In the play "Lady Windermere's Fan" (1893) Oscar Wilde introduces a woman named Mrs. Margaret Erylnne. This is a "woman with a past", and Wilde depicts her coming into the life of her daughter and he illustrates how Mrs Erlynne's experiences have allowed her to become practical, sophisticated and witty. Wilde presents Mrs Erylnne as a character who, while fully realising what is expected of her, refuses to conform to other people's standards of conduct. In the story "The Nightingale and the Rose" the Nightingale exhibits selflessness and embodies a self sacrificial love. Ironically the little Nightingale is taken for granted and eventually caves into individual destruction. This undercuts the value of her love, making it seem impotent, intimating the darker side of life. In the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Sibyl Vane, too embodied the characteristic of self-sacrifice, she kills herself because of her love for Dorian Gray. Dorians painted image, asserts itself as his conscience and hounds him with the knowledge of his crimes, there he sees the cruelty he showed to Sibyl Vane.
Through the play "Lady Windermere's Fan" Wilde depicts society and the characteristics of men and women within it. He presents a fallen woman in society, Mrs Erlynne. It is very unlike Oscar Wilde to present a particularly strong woman that remains composed throughout the whole play. Wilde uses Mrs Erlynne to represent the women that are capable of being strong and independent.
As an ambitious young man, Oscar Wilde started his career in literature with poems, plays and books. ... Wilde's writing was scandalous for it's time. ... What does Wilde do? ... " Oscar Wilde, De Profundis. ... Oscar Wilde's writing mocks society. ...
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, an acclaimed writer born on October 16, 1854, was born in Dublin, Ireland. William Wilde, Oscar's father, was 28 when he graduated as a doctor. ... Oscar's Mother, Jane Francesca Elgee, was a poet as well. ... Oscar Wilde is a curious modernist as well as in "neo-romantic." ... In Joseph Pearce's biography, The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, Pearce recalls Wilde's perspective on the popular movement. ...
In the Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde shows a surprisingly late 20th century view of marriage. ... Another view that Oscar Wilde takes in The Importance of Being Earnest is that the trappings or practices surrounding marriage were silly. ... This all shows how Oscar Wilde felt that the "practical" customs surrounding marriage at the time were silly. ... It is not clear whether Oscar Wilde truly had the postmodern idea of marriage or whether he was making fun by giving, what were at that time, such ludicrous examples of marriage. Wilde was a homosexual and a fairly open one at th...
Society throughout history has influenced people and behavior, in the novel "The Picture of Dorian Grey," by Oscar Wilde we find this most prevalent. ... To the aesthete, the ideal life mimics art; it is beautiful, but quite useless beyond its beauty, concerned only with the individual living it" (Duggan, The Conflict Between Aestheticism and Morality in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray). ... Duggan also explains, "Rather than an advocate for pure aestheticism, then, Dorian Gray is a cautionary tale in which Wilde illustrates the dangers of the aesthetic philosophy ...
And it is exactly his idealisation of homosexuality that appears to be the mask' that Oscar Wilde wore. ... Oscar Wilde said,"˜ Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's autobiography and there is a good part of Wilde's personality in each of the three characters. ... Oscar Wilde did not lack any of the required gifts. ... It is exactly this inconsistency that Oscar Wilde has sought to obtain in the novel, and has, of course, succeeded. ...
Oscar Wilde essayist, dramatist, novelist, and poet was better known for his scandalous lifestyle than his literary theories and their execution in his dramas. ... This is what aesthetic authors such as Oscar Wilde try to portray in their non conventional works packed with comedy and tragedy such as and The Importance and Being Earnest. ... Oscar Wilde hit the nail on the head when he said "Life is far too important a thing ever to take seriously". ... This is just putting into perspective the absolute non-caring that Oscar Wilde and other aesthetes have for life and the arguments it may hold...
Oscar Wilde uses his play, The Importance of Being Earnest, as a way of showing how ridiculous the Victorian era's views were, especially its views on marriage. ... Oscar Wilde conveys this idiocy through wit and satire given in the lines of the characters. Oscar Wilde has two male characters in his play that want to change their names to Ernest in order to obtain the love of two ladies. ... Wilde uses this word earnest to poke fun at Victorian society. ... Oscar Wilde was definitely brilliant in how he could criticize the nobles in his time with such humorous means. ...
The importance of being Earnest is a satire by Oscar Wilde where being earnest simply means having the name Earnest. The film dramatization of Wilde's renowned play is a comedy of manners and what is quite comic is the way it is structured. ... Oscar Wilde is criticizing the upper class in Britain in attempting to show its flaws and frailties. Wilde ridicules its behaviour and mannerisms and succeeds in revealing how absurd they are. ... I find it really interesting the way Wilde brings out his own opinions about the British upper class and the satire and irony surrounding it. ...
Oscar Wilde is another victim of his own conscience. ... Oscar Wilde had a belief that everyone lived a double life. The author, Oscar Wilde portrays his life through his novel. ... Oscar Wilde himself hid his identity. ... Therefore the work of Oscar Wilde has been created through his real life experiences. ...
