Oscar Wilde

Story ending with the two main characters had a long happy life forever in the heaven with God. This is the arrangement of  Oscar Wilde-a christian writer, which we to call a ” happy ending”. Form the deadlock that the story went as swallow’s death and the condiction of Happy prince’s status melted, the religious…

“The Happy Prince and Other Tales” -Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and…

An exploration of Oscar Wilde’s presentation of women in ‘A Woman of No Importance’ in comparison to John Fowles’ views of women in ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’, in light of the view that Oscar Wilde has a more sympathetic view of woman in his time. In this essay I will be comparing Oscar Wilde’s play…

Sibyl Vane’s Symbolic Role In “The Picture Of Dorian Gray”, By Oscar Wilde Sibyl Vane plays a symbolic role in The Picture of Dorian Gray; moreover, she plays a symbolic role in Dorian Gray’s life. This essay will explore how Sybil’s character initially influences Dorian in a positive way, giving him the motive to turn…

The narrative “The Happy Prince” has at least three subjects. The first subject of the narrative is that outward beauty is nil. It is merely a show. The existent beauties are love and forfeits. The 2nd subject is that love and forfeit are two salvaging forces. The 3rd subject is that there is great spread…

Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin . Oscar Wilde is best known for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the play The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as for his infamous arrest and imprisonment for being gay. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16, 1854…

Collection of children’s stories written in 1888, dealing primarily with love and selfishness. These stories are generally sad, with a moralistic message. The collection includes: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket. In Oscar Wilde’s works always convey impressions / criticisms of the order…

One of the most hard obstructions a dramatist has to get the better of is happening a manner to prosecute and involvement their audience to their piece. Often holding to cover with such jobs such as ennui, heedlessness, or merely a general deficiency of involvement, dramatists frequently invent dramatic devices that entice and entertain their…

Both plays depict various similaritities of themes and treatment of that theme. Both the plays deal with some aspect of sexuality that was considered taboos by their contemporary societies. Bernard Shaw tries to captivate our attention on the issue of prostitution and also depicts sub-theme of incest in relation to Frank and Vivie’s relation, while…

The Importance of Being Earnest as Farcical and Satirical Comedy The Importance of Being Earnest belongs to a literary genre known as artificial comedy. Unlike traditional comedy, it does not adhere to comical representation of love affairs and follies associated with that. Wilde took the genre of artificial comedy that flourished during the Restoration in…