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OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900) - Coggle Diagram
OSCAR WILDE
(1854-1900)
LIFE
LEGAL CASE: ACCUSED OF HOMOSEXUALITY
IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LABOUR
STUDY IN OXFORD
EXILE IN FRENCH
1854, DUBLIN
1900, PARIS
WALTER PETER: FATHER OF AESTHETICISM
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
THEMES
DUALISM AND DOUBLE IDENTITY
INSIDE HE IS CORRUPT AND IMMORAL
OUTSIDE HE IS BEAUTIFUL AND RESPECTABLE
MORAL DECAY
LIFE LIKE A WORK OF ART
TIME AND ETERNAL YOUTH
CULT OF BEAUTY AND ETERNAL BEAUTY
PLOT
HE MAINTAIN HIS BEAUTY, THE PORTRAIT HAS SIGN OF TIME
IMMORAL LIFE
MEET WOTTON, AESTHETICISM
THE PAINTER DISCOVER THE SECRET
RICH BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN WITH HIS PORTRAIT
KILLS THE PAINTER AND STABS THE PORTRAIT
IS FOUND DEAD, LIKE AN HORRIBLE OLD MAN AND THE PORTRAIT WITH IS ORIGINAL BEAUTY
MORAL LESSONS
EXTERNAL BEAUTY IS EPHEMERAL
CRITICIZES THE MORALS OF SOCIETY: IMPORTANCE TO SUPERFICIAL VALUES
DOUBLE LIFE: USE INNOCENCE APPARENCE TO BE ACCEPTED IN SOCIETY
STYLE
IRONICAL TONE
GENRE: ALLEGORICAL AND GOTHIC NOVEL
ELEMENTS OF GOTHIC NOVEL
AESTHETICISM
ANY ORAL OR DIDACTIC PURPOSE
DANDY
BEAUTY AS ITS AIM
FICTION
IMAGE AND MASK