Essays about: "Oscar Wilde"
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16. The Unacceptance of a Sinful Protagonist's Moral Standards : The Cause and Effect of Censoring Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkulturAbstract : The aim of this essay is to show the significant effect censoring Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray had on the protagonist’s moral standing. I compare the original uncensored version of The Picture of Dorian Gray with the censored version. READ MORE
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17. Dualism in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Abstract: In this essay I explore the dualism in Oscar Wilde’s most famous society comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. My thesis is that Wilde employed the well-established Late Victorian concept of double identity as well as a dualistic theme in the play, revealed in the language and in the strategies of lying, in order to exploit the hypocrisy of the society, i. READ MORE
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18. The Leisured Class in 19th Century English Literature: An Examination of the Leisure Habits of the Characters in Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and The Picture of Dorian Gray
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : This essay examines the leisure habits of the English upper classes portrayed in three 19th century novels, to determine whether gender, wealth, and the urban versus rural distinction, influence patterns of leisure participation within the leisured classes. The novels are Pride and Prejudice (1813), by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre (1847), by Charlotte Brontë, and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), by Oscar Wilde. READ MORE
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19. Aesthetic Principles in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)Abstract : This study problematizes the criticism Oscar Wilde received for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and aims to explore the aesthetic style he employed when writing the novel. The theoretical approach used in this essay is based on the perspectives of New Historicism; Wilde’s life and how people reasoned during his lifetime are brought into focus and different influences on his work are examined, especially evidence of biographical aspects as well as aesthetic elements in the novel. READ MORE
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20. Paradox and the Preface to Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : .... READ MORE