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. Carmen Rado. 2012. General information. Birthname: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde. Birth date: October 16, 1854. Birth place: Dublin, Ireland. Death date: November 30, 1900. Death place: Paris, France. A women of no importance . A.B . Walkley’s. criticism best illustrates this shift in focus. Walkley gave the play a mixed review. He commented that . Wildes. plots were not original, but brilliantly written “in point of intellect”. . The Picture of Dorian Gray. History and Biography. Oscar Wilde. Born 1854 – Dublin, Ireland. Died 1900 – Paris, France. 1884: Married Constance Lloyd. T. wo children together: Cyril and . Vyvyan. state ed Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Study Guide The Importance of Being E arnest By Robyn Brookes by Oscar Wilde BACKGROUND INFORMATION England during the Victorian Era The Victorian Era was a time in British history marked by drastic social and economic changes, conflicts, and contradictions. Na 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.. . REALISM IN THEATRE. movement in the late 19th century. steered theatrical texts and performances towards greater fidelity to real life . . (=natančna reprodukcija resničnega življenja). From The Ballard Of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. He . did not wear his scarlet coat,.   For blood and wine are red,. And blood and wine were on his hands.   When they found him with the dead,. The poor dead woman whom he loved,. 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. Childhood. Wilde’s father, William Wilde was educated as a doctor, was medical advisor during the Irish Census of 1841. Specialized in ear and eye diseases. Opened St. Mark’s Ophthalmic Hospital in Dublin, as a service to the poor. Reading Quiz (closed book). How/where do Jack and Algernon each pretend to be named “Earnest”?. Which character ends up being actually named Earnest, and how do we learn this? . Bonus: Why was Oscar Wilde among our list of horror authors in our last class? . Dialectical Journal . Names of Group Members:. Seham. . Azzam. . Mariana Calvo. Shirley Chan . Josh Costa . Find three passages that show the nature of sin and its effects on people. What does each passage show/what message is Wilde trying to convey.