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Research Paper On Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde is a highly complex figure: A flamboyant dandy and brilliant wit; a refined, decadent aesthete; an outstanding writer, thinker and conversationalist; an art and literary critic. Perhaps above all, he remains a complete and unsolved mystery: An unfathomable enigma. Arguably, he is just himself: A picturesque and multi-layered character but definitely worthy of sympathy and admiration. Oscar transcends history with a strange, shadowy presence that stains the being of humankind indefinitely. This piece of writing addresses Wilde’s aesthetics in relation to his ethics. One should think that he favours the first and that he either neglects or devalues the second. Gilbert, using Wilde’s voice, reasons towards the end of a dialogue with
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Throughout the story of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Oscar pointed out many oblivious actions done by the characters. He constantly used the characters to exaggerate actions of our society today. Wilde uses exaggerations to show how the characters were unable to be a complete individual without the face of the strict social expectations influencing their actions. Everywhere in the society, they are all unable to make their own decisions, and it is very hard for them to be truthful towards who they are without societal norms interfering causing them to lose all individuality. Wilde uses reversal to show how the characters actions were completely insane since they were trying to accommodate societal expectations.

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Another theme illustrated through Wilde’s use of motifs and symbols is the theme of superficiality. The theme of superficiality can be understood as a sense of the superficial view of outer beauty that is shown in the work. It relates to the concept of remaining young, which is an important factor of what is shown in the novel. This is an important part of the novel because outer beauty plays a bigger role for Dorian, than inner beauty does. In the beginning of the novel, Lord Henry and Dorian have a conversation that focuses on the topic of youth and Dorian 's outer beauty – Lord Henry mentions the fact that Dorian has a beautiful face, and later during this conversation, Lord Henry states that: “youth is the only thing worth having…”

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