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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) - Coggle Diagram
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Life
studied at Trinity College, Dublin
brilliant student
he won a scholarship to continue at Oxford
Student of Classics
he composed
Poetry (1881)
plays
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Satirical comedies
such as
A woman of no importance
An Ideal husband
The importance of being Earnest
Stories for children
The happy prince and other tales
Novel
The picture of Dorian Gray
Ruining of his career
Accused of homosexuality
putted on trial for gross indecency
then
two-year imprisonment
The importance of being Earnest
Based on
Witty dialogues
ridicule of hypocrisy of society
Plot
Characters
Jack Worthing
Wealthy/idle young man
invented wicked brother
Ernest
proposes to
Gwendolen
cousin of
Algernon Moncrieff
(Jack’s friend)
her mom
Lady Bracknell
Jack’s ward
Cecily
Jack
lives as
Jack
In the country
Ernest
In the city
wants to marry
Gwendolen
cousin of Jack’s friend
Algernon
Goes to jacks country house
pretends to be jack’s brother (Ernest)
proposes to
Cecily
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has always desired to marry someone called Ernest
he’s a
founding
Lady Bracknell won’t give her consent
Preface to
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde affirms
Aesthetic movement’s
beliefs
art movement (late 19th century)
art exists for the sake of beauty
reaction to
utilitarian philosophy
Victorian morals
artist
aim of art
to reveal and conceal the artist
doesn’t try to prove anything
has no moral purpose
art
is useless
is surface and symbol
Critic
translates impressions of beautiful things
criticism
form of autobiography
Beautiful Vs Ugly things
Corruption
Ugly meanings in beauty
Cultivated
beautiful meanings in beautiful things
there are
No moral or Immoral book