On March 23, 1913, Oscar Wilde came out of hiding to speak with his nephew, Arthur Cravan. Everyone thought he was dead because he has been banished for so long, and it came as a shock to them that Wilde showed up out of the blue. In his two part installment for a magazine, Cravan […]
In The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Dorian becomes transfixed with jewels in chapter 11. For this blog post, I researched one specific person Dorian discussed within the novel. I researched the alchemist, Pierre de Boniface. In chapter 11 of the novel Wilde writes, “According to the great alchemist, Pierre de Boniface, the […]
Oscar Wilde pushes the idea that art is useless in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Chapter 11 emphasizes this with Dorian’s journey through several different forms of art while looking for some meaning, one of them being the study of jewels. The jewel that I want to focus on is the agate. The […]
Jewels are some of the most sought after object in the world, aside from their exquisite beauty they each come with some sort of back story, myth, and history that adds to the allure of them. Within The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian conducts a study on many jewels and their own stories they have within […]
In The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Dorian becomes transfixed with jewels in chapter 11. For this blog post, I decided to research one specific jewel that Dorian discussed within the novel. I chose to analyze the amethyst gemstone. It’s surprising how relevant this gemstone is to the themes within the novel.
Did Oscar Wilde value the art of deception? In his play, The Importance of Being Earnest, the two prominent male characters lead double-lives, and in the process, deceive many of their loved ones and friends. In Moisés Kaufman’s play, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, the trials of Wilde are dramatized, and yet […]
In Victorian England, which was worse: a ruined reputation or death? While death may seem the obvious answer, two novels from that time period seem to imply otherwise. Thomas Hardy’s novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Oscar Wilde’s novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, showcase the ways in which social reputations mattered in Victorian society. Furthermore, […]
Oscar Wilde’s play A Woman of No Importance at first seemed to me like just another outrageous comedy centering on the things people say about one another. This is a large part of what the play is about, but upon a second look I noticed something else that wasn’t obvious to me at first. And […]