OSCAR WILDE - Biography Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright‚ novelist‚ poet‚ and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays‚ one novel‚ a number of poems‚ short stories‚ and essays. He was born on October the 16th‚ 1894 in Dublin to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane. Oscar ’s mother‚ Lady Jane Francesca Wilde was a successful poet and journalist also (Gregory Brdnik 2012). Oscar had an elder brother‚ Willie‚ and a
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Oscar Wilde once said‚ “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist‚ not of the sitter.” This was true in Wilde’s life except he was not painting portraits‚ but rather creating wonderful literary works of art that people still enjoy today. All of his works portrayed Wilde’s talent and creativity. Oscar Wilde was born on October 16‚ 1854‚ to two successful parents‚ Dr. William Wilde and Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde. Wilde’s father was a successful eye and ear doctor. He
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Oscar Wilde and His Dandies ——Taking The Importance of Being Earnest as example Abstract: Oscar Wilde (1854---1900) was the outstanding playwright‚ novelist‚ essayist‚ and poet at the end of 19th century. He devoted himself to the “Art for Art’s Sake” movement‚ and had influenced the British literary field for the whole century. One of his most distinguishing writing features is dandies in his works. This article here‚ divided into three parts‚ introduces and analyzes the truth of the Wildean
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The world is a stage‚ but the play is badly cast (wilde). Oscar wilde was born October 16‚1854 in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ and died November 30‚1900 in Paris‚ France. Oscar WIlde was a popular figure in late victorian England. Oscar wilde was in many plays‚ but one of his most famous was the Importance of being Earnest‚ but his other plays are Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892)‚ ‚ The Woman of no Importance (1893)‚An Ideal Husband (1895)‚and his most famous play‚ the Importance of being Earnest(1895) and then
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death was beautiful. Oscar Wilde’s main interest involves double lives. The concept of double lives is shown in real life based on the fact that we never show people who we really are. Wilde himself lived a double life which leads to a series of unfortunate events. His work that exposed his life of duplicity at the greatest factor was his play. The reason his literature was indulged in this theme was simply because he could not escape it‚ he faced it in his day-to-day life. In Oscar Wilde’s literature
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The two texts are multi modal online newspaper articles on the murder of Reeva Steenkamp by Oscar Pistorius. Text 1 “Pistorius as mysterious as the shooting tragedy” is from the Daily Republic and is written on 25th February 2013 by Gerald Imray who is working with The Associated Press. Text 2 “Oscar Pistorius case: The Blonde is the victim here‚ Blade” from the Telegraph is by journalist Allison Pearson. Whilst both texts are told in a first person view‚ Text 1 defends the South African Paralympian
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Oscar Wilde Do you know who Oscar Wilde is? He wrote a lot of plays and books he was best known for his acclaimed works‚including “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.biography.com Oscar Fingal O’flahertie Wills Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright and novelist(goodreads.com) in the Victorian Era. During the Victorian Era‚ Oscar Wilde was best known for his books and plays. One play is “The Importance of being Earnest”. Another was “The Ideal Husband” which was published in 1887. He also wrote “The Happy
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Oscar Wilde’s ‘Selfish Giant’ Oscar Wild (1854 – 1900) ‘Selfish Giant’ is one of the short stories beautifully written by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and playwright‚ novelist‚ poet‚ and author of short stories. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s‚ he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams‚ his only novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Oscar Pistorius‚ also known as “blade runner” because of his two carbon fiber prosthetic legs‚ is a Paralympic athlete who is a double leg amputee below the knee. He was born without a fibula in both of his legs. Oscar’s parents decided to have both of his legs amputated below the knee after consulting with many doctors around the world. Even after this Oscar became a very athletic individual getting involved with rugby and water polo as his two main sports. He also played cricket‚ tennis and participated
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Oscar Wilde was born on October 16‚ 1854. He was an Irish playwright and his literary works were viewed as clever. His father’s name was William Wilder and his mother was Jane Francesca Elgee. He had 2 brothers and 3 sisters. 3 of his siblings were his father’s prior to marrying Jane. Wilde excelled in school and earned prizes in drawing and classics courses. When he was 30 years old‚ married Constance Lloyd and fathered 2 sons‚ Cyril and Vyvyan. Over the course of his lifetime‚ Wilde wrote several
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