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 name of the movie under review is ‘the importance of being Earnest.’ It was released in the year 1952 by re-known movie director Anthony Asquith (Parker, 2002).It is derived from the popular play by Oscar Wilde. I enjoyed the watching the movie due to its simple setting which makes...
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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 a poem about a couple who get distracted while out for a stroll by a house filled with song and dancing, love and lust are the major opposing themes. The images shown through the window of the harlot, who from his perspective symbolizes lust, appear to disgust and fascinate...
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Oscar Wilde published his book The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1890. The publisher altered some of the substance of the book because it dealt with so much indecent desire. Despite being censored, the novel started to offend British reviewers' morals. They maintained that he had broken morality's rules. The...
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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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Satire is a literary term that refers to a work that is used to mock or tease an institution or group of people in order to be satirical. This element in writing can be used by an author to persuade or persuade an audience to believe in a certain philosophy....
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