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Oscar Wilde?s Fairy Tales, 2004.
An analysis of Oscar Wilde?s philosophy of Greek love in his fairy tales.
2,484 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper examines how Oscar Wilde?s reputation as one of the preeminent literary geniuses of the Victorian era remains an extraordinary accomplishment for an Irishman writing for and about English society. It looks at how, after his conviction on sodomy charges led to two years in prison and self-imposed exile to France, Victorian society vigorously denied Wilde's existence in their ranks and how Wilde?s role as an outcast within Victoria?s conservative society represents a compelling force in his fairy tales. It analyzes his books, ?The Happy Prince?, ?The Star-Child", and ?The Young King?, as well as ?The Soul of Man Under Socialism?, for elements of Wilde?s theory of masculine love.
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"In ?The Young King? the protagonist is a very young man ?for he was only a lad, being but sixteen years of age? (Pomegranate) with enchanting beauty ?wild-eyed and open-mouthed, like a brown woodland Faun? (Pomegranate). This detail about the Young King corresponds with an age-frame where Wilde would have been discovering his own sexual preference. In ?The Young King?, the young man?s metamorphosis, through a dream quest, reconciles his conflicting roles as the son of the poor goat-herder and his destiny as ?the son of the Old King.? Shimmering on the surface of this tale is Christ?s message from the ?Sermon on the Mount? (Matthew 5, 6 & 7). Wilde declares, in "The Soul of Man under Socialism,? that the message of Christ to man was simply ?Be Thyself.? The young King?s recognition of his true self within these conflicting roles reflects his attainment of the virtue asked for in Christ?s message."
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Oscar Wilde, 2005.
This paper discusses Oscar Wilde as a writer and looks at his life and the external influences to his writing.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 6 sources, $ 106.95
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This paper is a long essay on the life, times & career of Oscar Wilde. Some major works are touched on, including 'Salome', 'The Importance of Being Earnest', and 'The Soul of Man Under Socialism'. However, this paper is primarily looking at the external life, background, influences, and career of Oscar Wilde, rather than his writing. Major influences on his philosophy and career are mentioned including Ruskin, Mahaffy, his parents, family and lovers. There is brief mention and discussion of his "outing" and subsequent trials.
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"Oscar Wilde Irish playwright, author, and poet Oscar Wilde was a radical in many ways. His flamboyant lifestyle, open homosexuality, outrageous disregard for cultural norms, as well has his socialist and anarchist ways of thinking were more than a century ahead of his time. His ideas and styles are more common today than one hundred years ago, but are still outside of the mainstream and are considered quite "alternative" and radical. Wilde's radical nature was expressed throughout his writing, his lifestyle and his philosophy. George Bernard Shaw said of Wilde, "He plays with everything: with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audience, with the whole theatre" (Holland 96 1988). In this paper one will see how this clever, irreverent, playfulness was extended into the rest of his life, career, and philosophy. The details of Wilde's short life are fairly well known. Oscar O'Flahertie Fingal Wills Wilde was born October 16, 1854 in Dublin... "
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Oscar Wilde and Victorian Morality, 2006.
This paper examines Victorian views of morality and marriage as portrayed in 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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In this paper, the writer discusses the institution of marriage as demonstrated in the Victorian play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde. The writer shows that the morality of being unity with a loved one is certainly the external social apparatus of Victorian marriage, but Wilde often points out the reality of patriarchal institutions that make marriage more like a business. Further the writer demonstrates that by realizing what moral virtues uphold the union of man and woman in love; the contrary affect of female abuse and sublimation are often the satirical reality in Wilde's classic play.
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"This drama study will examine the morality of the Victorian marriage within the context of Oscar Wilde's 'The importance of Being Earnest'. By defining the often patriarchal nature of marriage in the Victorian period, one can realize the social institution that forged the strict observance of men and women being 'one' through a legal and moral binding. However, Oscar Wilde often conflicts with the institution of marriage, and argues that it is a business, rather than a pleasure. In essence, the Victorian institution of marriage is often hypocritical in that it portrays an image of money and legality, which denies the supposed moral pleasure of loving commitment. The opening First Act presents the conflict of pleasure and business in relation to marriage, as Algernon and his butler Lane discuss the topic of morality in marriage."
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Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest", 2006.
This paper describes and analyzes Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest".
1,935 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper explains that Oscar Wilde's comic play "The Importance of Being Earnest" is a satiric look at aspects of British society, notably the influence of social class and rigid stratification. The author points out that the play toys with the dual meaning of the sound of Ernest: How important it is to be earnest, meaning sincere, and how important it is to be named Ernest. The paper relates that Wilde develops an inverted parody of the stock romantic situation in which the lovers' devotion alone and not their names have meaning; the play abounds in inversions of romantic cliches found in epigrams and certain conversational exchanges, which are structured on the basis of a reversal of expectations. Includes many quotations.
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"To say that Jack is manipulating reality is to say that he is manipulating his own reality, for the play does not deal in what we would call objective reality. This is a world that does not exist, with people who operate on their own logic. Reality for Jack is always something of a blur because he has no idea who he really is. In this sense, his entire life is an appearance rather than a reality until he learns through a series of coincidences at the end of the play who he really is--he is Algy's older brother--and what his name is--his name really is Ernest."
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Existentialism and Oscar Wilde, 2007.
An examination of existentialism in Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest".
2,510 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper examines the idea of identity in Oscar Wilde's play, "the Importance of Being Earnest" and in other Victorian works, and questions whether the individual or society shapes essence. The writer further discusses Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist philosophy and how it relates to Wilde's play.The paper also looks at works by other authors where the characters decide how to behave based on their social status.
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"The plot of Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest is much involved with questions of identity and toys with the meaning of identity, especially in terms of the social conventions of British Victorian society. Wilde is not normally thought of as an existentialist, but many of the concerns he raises in this play and some of his other works mirror concerns of the existentialists, including the issues of identity and authenticity."
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Oscar Wilde, 2002.
A discussion of Oscar Wilde's homosexuality.
1,111 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The paper examines the issue of the author Oscar Wilde's homosexuality, how it was portrayed in his writings, accepted by society, and how he was eventually taken to court and found guilty of gross indecency. It looks at how homosexuality was not ?obvious? to Victorian society and Wilde often engaged with a kind of cat and mouse game with his reading public as a closeted homosexual author. Famously, the word ?earnest? was slang in many circles for homosexuality and queerness and it reviews his play "The Importance of Being Earnest" as a heterosexual comedy of manners.
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"Throughout both of his trials, Wilde adopts a kind of insouciant, provocative pose that seems, to the modern eyes, to be a ?typical? portrait of a flamboyant male homosexual. Because Oscar Wilde?s artistic medium has become synonymous with such a posture it is difficult to re-read history with open eyes. However, the answer as to why Wilde thought he could ?get away with it,? would seem to be found, not so much in the actual, textual evidence of either the trials or Wilde?s later works during and after his imprisonment. Rather it is the attitude by which sexuality in general, and homosexuality in particular, was viewed by Wilde?s Victorian reading public."
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"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, 2005.
This paper looks at the theme of double lives in the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines the theme of double lives in the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. The paper looks specifically at the lives of three characters; Algernon Moncrieff, Jack (Ernest) Worthing and Cecily Cardew, all of whom lead double lives.
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""The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde explores the depth of dual identity in Victorian society. Classical-Themes: This trait is most apparent in Algernon and Jack in their episodes of Bun burying which Algernon defines as the practice of creating an elaborate deception so that one can misbehave while at the same time appearing to live up to the highest standard of duty and responsibility."
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Oscar Wilde's Lord Goring: the Dandy-Philosopher, 2000.
An analysis of the character of Lord Goring in Oscar Wilde's play, "An Ideal Husband".
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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The essay discusses Lord Goring who is socially ?idle?, yet ideal in terms of philosophy. Moreover, it describes Goring as the most interesting and outstanding persona in the play, his ambivalent behavior, and the change he goes through during the play, and why he could be considered Wilde?s alter ego. The paper ends raising the question of whether or not Wilde has lost grip on this character. Did Wilde manipulate Goring?s behavior in order to obtain the desired ending of the play?
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Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest', 2008.
This paper looks at the play and the 2002 Miramax film of 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.
1,728 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper provides the writer's personal views regarding the play and film of "The Importance of Being Earnest". The writer notes that, while reading 'The Importance of Being Earnest' she wondered how it could possibly work as a movie. The writer then provides a critique and argues that the movie did not work particularly well. The writer points out that the cast was brilliant, the script is classic and witty and the budget was certainly adequate, but argues that the movie falls flat and then discusses where exactly it went wrong. The writer maintains that that the over-the-top fluffiness is exactly what Oscar Wilde would have wanted The writer concludes that both play and movie are worth experiencing, but only in that order.
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"With a script like this, the fault must lie, at least in part, with the direction. If there was one thing done correctly in this film, however, it was the casting. The cast really was wonderful: from the characters they were chosen to play, to their individual performances, all the way to their work as an ensemble. In some instances, however, I felt they looked too deeply for something to do. Judi Dench is brilliant, but her character is rather simple: the archetypal stern mother. I just felt when reading it like it was a rather straight forward mother, looking to control the situation to better her daughter's future. I felt like Judi Dench was too good, and too much, to play this rather dry character. She is such a grounded actor I had trouble believing in her character's one track mind. I felt the same for Reese Witherspoon. Witherspoon has such a spark to her; I felt she was too much for the simple vulnerability of Cecily. The movie added in these fantasies of hers which I think in part were there to help a modern audience understand what the attraction to Algernon would be to Cecily. And it also acted as a vehicle to give Witherspoon more room to develop Cecily. But once again, for me, it really altered the character. It may be the way I read it."
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"The Importance of Being Earnest" ( Oscar Wilde ), 1996.
Examines role of Cecily Cardew's diary in advancing play's farcical plot & her relationship with Ernest.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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" This study will examine the role of the diary of the character of Cecily Cardew in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest, and the relationship of that diary to the story and Cecily's relationship with Ernest. The diary is merely another piece of utter nonsense and deception, especially self-deception, in a play composed of little but deception and nonsense.
Cecily creates in her diary a make-believe world in which she fantasizes a relationship with Ernest. In fact, the relationship she fantasizes is not with the real "Ernest," who is in fact Jack, but rather with Algernon, who she believes to be Jack's brother, who is not actually his brother. In fact, Jack has no brother, and in any case, Cecily had never even met "Ernest" (Algernon) before she had composed the bulk of her.."
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"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, 1994.
A discussion of the theme of appearance vs. reality in the characters and relationships of the comic play.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 31.95
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"Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest has a title that is a play on words embodying the dichotomy in the play between reality and illusion, a dichotomy embodied as well in the main character of John Worthing, It is important for Jack to be earnest, meaning honest and aboveboard as well as open and sincere, and it is also important for him to be named "Ernest" because the woman he loves, Gwendolen, would prefer that this were so and fervently believes it to be so. Yet, in order to be named "Ernest" he has to fail at being earnest, since his name is not Ernest at all. He has been manipulating appearances and reality for some time, and he is soon to be caught in his own deceptions. The course of his travails actually leads him to a point where he can be both Ernest and earnest in reality, thus making an onest man of his in spite of himself."
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A Comparison of a Buddhist Tale and a British Tale, 2001.
This paper compares a western tale, Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince" and a very ancient non-western tale, "The Biography of the Buddha".
2,865 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This is an in-depth juxtaposition and analysis of Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince" and a Buddhist tale "The Biography of the Buddha". It details the plots and main characters of both tales and tries to compare them, and find similarities between them. The comparison is done by examining the narrative construction of both stories. It compares both main characters: the prince and Buddha and manages to find many similarities between their characters and behaviorisms. It details Buddhism outlook on life as well as the happy Princes' outlook, both optimistic.
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""The Happy Prince? tells the story of a prince, whom, while he was alive, was always happy and lived in a great, walled palace. When he died he was fashioned into a statue of gold and placed where all could see him in the middle of the town square. The story of the Buddha, or Naropa, or Siddartha Gautama, as he is sometimes known, tells the tale of young Brahmin (one step down from the priests in the Indian caste system) who was highly sheltered from the world. One day, he was taken out of the walled confines of his home. There, he witnessed three sights: old age, sickness, and death. Then he sees a holy man and is struck by the obvious ?sincerity? of the man?s bearing. These sights spurred him to renounce the world and enter into a life of contemplation. The results of these years of contemplation was Buddhism, an epiphany he struck upon when a young girl presented him with a bowl of rice after many years of fasting. (Saunders 23; Mitchell 39-40)"
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Wilde Visions of Paterian Aesthetics, 2007.
This paper analyzes works by Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater, examining parallels with regards to ethics and aesthetics.
19,650 words (approx. 78.6 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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In this work, Oscar Wilde's plays are partially taken into deep consideration as an analysis of his playwright identity. In the process of the discovery of his decadent resentment of the late nineteenth century orders, the influential figures of the new movement are also indicated. Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater have important parallels among their Epistemologies, ethics and aesthetics. The writer uses extensive examples primarily regarding to Pater's first book, Marius The Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas (1885) and Wilde's plays of 1894, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, to display their aesthetic ideology to demonstrate the precise link between the two, for it has never been convincingly interjected. The main question underlying this paper is of how Wilde perceives art. While exploring his conception of art, dandy-ism is comprehensibly touched in order to reveal his aesthetic identity. However, this paper discusses his aesthetic ideology in the context of individualism through the referencing of some of his works, particularly his aforementioned plays. The question at the basis of this preoccupation is of how Wilde displays the expressing of individuality and idiosyncrasies through art and in particular the value of art.
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"The use of Puns is another concept that pars to both the aesthetic identity of Walter Pater as well as the aesthetic identity of Oscar Wilde. In this play "The Importance of Being Earnest", the pun, which is generally believed to be the lowest structure of oral humor, is hardly ever just a humor on words. The duality of the title in itself is proof of that. One example of such a notion lies in the earnest/Ernest humor that is utilized to hit the very truth of all the Victorian ideas and rules regarding propriety and responsibility. Gwendolen wants to be betrothed to a man named Ernest, without giving a thought to whether the man bearing such a name bears its qualities too or not. She, nevertheless, immediately exonerates Jack's dishonesty in personifying a man who is originally neither "earnest" nor "Ernest," and who, because of forces stronger than his own power, consequently develops both "earnest" and "Ernest." Jack is a perfect paradox and a compound emblem of Victorian duplicity."
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The Importance of Being Wilde, 2002.
A look at the influence life of the author Oscar Wilde on his "Importance of Being Earnest" .
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper analyzes Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest" after accumulating knowledge about his life, lifestyle, and his times. It presents the dichotomy between morals and interesting behavior central to the play, and talks about the contradictions of marriage, gender, and class, presented by the social relationships of the characters.
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Morality by Marlowe and Wilde, 2008.
A comparison of immorality and hypocrisy in the main characters of "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe and "The Importance of Being Ernest" by Oscar Wilde.
1,561 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses the portrayal of morality in the plays, "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe (1995) and "The Importance of Being Ernest" by Oscar Wilde (1985). More specifically, the paper looks at the plots of the plays and then compares and contrasts immorality and hypocrisy in the main characters of these two works.
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"These plays address morality from the mores of their own times. Marlowe did not permit Faustus to be redeemed. Faustus' lack of moral insight was, perhaps, as great a factor in his condemnation as his lack of soul. His inability to change and mature, as evidenced by his petty tricks and lack of success despite his power, left Faustus with no recourse other than damnation. Jack, however, was able to change his life, learning the importance of being "earnest" in his dealings. It is through this insight and through his maturation as a moral human being that he is worthy of redemption, while Faustus is not."
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