PPT-Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Ernest

Princess amp Connor Author Background Oscar Wilde was an AngloIrish playwright novelist poet and critic He is seen as one of the greatest playwrights of the whole Victorian Era . Being Earnest . By Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was an extraordinary character, a coveted party guest whose witty, urbane, irreverent, wise, generous, and kind presence was sought by many. . W.B. Yeats said, “…the dinner table was Wilde’s event and made him the greatest talker of his time, and his plays and dialogues have what merit they possess from being an initiation, now a record, of his talk.”. By Oscar Wilde . Home page . ACT 1 . ACT III. ACT II . JOHN WORTHING. ALGERNON. MONCRIEFF. LADY BRACKNELL. THEMES. THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE . THE CONSTRAINTS OF MORALITY. THE DANDY. THE DOUBLE LIFE. GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX. Period and Oscar Wilde. 1832-1900. England. Victorian Period. Queen Victoria took throne in 1837 (at 18). Long reign, died in 1901 (at 82). England became wealthiest nation . British Empire expansion . English IV, AP and Dual Credit . Oscar Wilde and the Comedy of Manners . Satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class or social classes. . Developed in some aspects in Ancient Greece, further present in the works of French dramatist, Moliere, and made famous by Wilde’s play. . By Oscar Wilde. ”Every person in this universe is selfish.”. Discuss this statement. . Do you think it is true??. Find an argument for . and an argument against the statement.. Listen to the story on page 80 – 82.. Oscar Wilde, Salom (1899–1961). An introduction to the . real. most . interesting man in the world. "This is to tell you about a young writer named Ernest Hemingway, who lives in Paris... has a brilliant future. I'd look him up right away. He's the real thing." . Double Wing. Offense. “. The Spinning Double Wing. ”. Contact Information. Mike Harrison. Head Football Coach. Wilde Lake High School. 5460 Trumpeter Lane. Columbia, MD 21044. maharrison@hcpss.org. Wildely. Paradoxical Language Play. by Don L. F. Nilsen. and Alleen Pace Nilsen. 1. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). If eccentricity is a sign of a superior intelligence, then Oscar Wilde has a very high I.Q.. Which terms were new for you?. What did you learn about the Gothic through this activity?. Don’t worry if you struggled with some of these terms – we will use them and discuss them as we continue to read . Quotes. Aesthetics - What is art? . ". Aestheticism is a search after the signs of the beautiful. It is the science of the beautiful through which men seek the correlation of the arts. It is, to speak more exactly, the search after the secret of life.“ Oscar Wilde.. And the importance of HOMONYMS. An introduction. Review page 2 of your packet; complete the left side of the anticipation guide carefully and with thought. What’s in a name? . Arthur. Elizabeth. Victoria. Oscar Wilde in a photo by Napoleon Sarony.. Born in . Dublin. . in . 1854. .. He became a disciple of . Walter Pater. , the theorist of aestheticism.. He became a fashionable . dandy. .. 1. Life. Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas in the 1890s. k. i. t. a. i. p. Trumpai:. Žinomas kaip . Oscar. . Wilde. . Pilnas vardas: . Oscar Fingal . O’Flahertie. Wills Wilde. Gimė. : 1854 m. spalio 16 d. Dubline, Airijoje. Mirė. :. 1900. m. lapkričio .