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In 10 pages this paper examines the impact of homosexuality on Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Importance of Being E...
for the women we marry - that is quite true" (Lady PG). Attention to outer detail and an unquenchable desire to portray his inner...
In seven pages this paper examines Wilde's views of homosexuality in Victorian times as depicted in The Importance of Being Earnes...
providing a checklist, as it were, of characteristics and traits which are noted in the degenerate nature. This, of course, did ...
should he do? In an attempt to capture his youth, he sells his soul and instead of aging, the portrait ages in place of Dorians ow...
This paper examines this work, also referred to as Drum Street, by Oscar Brown Jr. There are no other sources listed....
society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...
importance. With that in mind the following paper examines the two characters separately and then together in a discussion, in rel...
of love" (Shakespeare I i). He sets the premise for keeping secrets when he informs the audience or reader that he hates Othello b...
beautiful Dorian. Now without any knowledge of the time period and gender roles, a modern reader would not immediately read into t...
is probably much closer to Wildes intent that these expressions of love and beauty be considered in a much more abstract way: Gray...
the previously espoused position of the Church. Most poets adhered to the idea that if man were but to return to his natural world...
In five pages this paper examines Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Seville's Crime, Pen, Pencil, and Poison, Decay of Lying, and The Pict...
In five pages this essay discusses how Victorian morality is portrayed in Oscar Wilde's witty and sophisticated play. There are n...
and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...
the world. This may be a critical look, on the part of Wilde, at the realities of the traditional family which presumes it is the ...
the beginning. And, we can also gather information regarding his relationship with Christ and/or religion. With such parents, and ...
This paper consists of five pages and analyzes this work by Oscar Wilde in terms of its word choices, tone, style,, form, objectiv...
he sees Dorian daily; "I couldnt be happy if I didnt see him every day. He is absolutely necessary to me" ("Picture", 113). Howeve...
In eight pages this paper discusses how love is expressed within such literary works as Songs of Innocence and Experience by Willi...
writers overall mystique, utilizing such literary techniques as dialogue, imagery, figurative language and interpretation. ...
This essay looks at representative works of William Blake, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde in relation to the eras in which they w...
older brother Willie and younger sister Isola (Kenyon 12). When his beloved sister died at the age of ten, it was a catastrophic ...
the landed wealthy(Frank 1981). The heroine is often too perfect and too sweet, whereas the heroes are usually young and dashing, ...
This, of course, did not set well with the Marquess of Queensberry, since Sir Alfred Douglas, his son, was involved closely, and i...
someone is accepted in society. This is but one example, but it speaks of the deeply imbedded social expectations concerning manne...
1895 play, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde created a work that many critics feel is the epitome of the Victorian come...
dandy was a man who may well have lived off of others, being a freeloader, an individual intrigued by the arts and by living out f...
the everyday eye, Dorian does not seem to age a day, nor does his beauty fade. There are several indications of a homosexual nat...
In five pages this paper examines how power is portrayed by Wilde in his poem 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' and in the plays A Woma...