The Importance of Being Earnest and Pygmalion: Addressing Social Issues The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, the authors write about the issues present in the society during the 19th and 20th century. Despite just being a form of entertainment the books contain underlying...
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Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a mockery of the Victorian age. He mocks the Victorian ideals by showing a sarcastic attention on the Victorian age. The idea of earnestness was so much loved by the Victorian society. The society held the virtue of earnestness as sublime. People became...
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The picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in July 1980 issue of Lippincott's monthly magazine. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine’s editor without Wilde’s knowledge deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. Despite the censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray...
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In the Victorian era: questioning gender roles In the Victorian era, males were not only the society's protectors and providers, but also its rulers and decision-makers. Women, on the other hand, were homemakers, moms, and wives. It was common for males to own all the property, and wives to rely on...
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The Captivating Works of Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), A House of Pomegranates (1891), Ravenna (1878), The Sphinx (1894), and The Ideal Husband (1883) are just a few of the captivating works by the prodigious English author Oscar Wilde. He also wrote plays like The Duchess of Padua...
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In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray: The centrality and importance of beauty is evident. The author uses varied text, direct and implied, to expose the aesthetics of beauty, commonly reminiscent in the Victorian era. The perverse reference to beauty and aesthetics can be visualized from the lush descriptions of...
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