wilde/ aesthecisism Flashcards
oscar wilde’s life
born in 1854 in dublin
he was educated at oxofrd where he met the aesthetic movement
in 1895 was arrested for his homosexual relationship
wilde’s philosophy
the tenets of aestheticism were set in studies in the history of the renaissance by walter paters
oscar wilde was the perfect dandy, the man wom perfection in his dresswas impeccable. he wanted his life to be his masterpiece
wilde’s most important works
wilde first literary succes came in 1891 with the novel “the picture of dorian gray”
his greatest paly was “the importance of being earnest” in 1895
the aesthetic doctrine in the novel “the picture of dorian gray”
the man of taste is above common morality but like in the novel there is always a price to pay for a life of beauty and pleasure
key elements in the novel
in the novel we can find traces of fairy tales and folk stories, with a strong element of mystery. that is even depicted in the end that is in line with the classic horror and crimes stories
sho is the painter of the portrait of dorian gray
basil hallward that ends up murdered by dorian gray for the reason of being curios about his life
who is the man that introduces the edonistic style of life to dorian
lord henry wotton
dorian induces the suicide of whom
of his fiancèe sibyl
what is the most important characteristic to the play “the importance of being earnest”
The focal point of this play is the brilliant dialogue that relies on two patterns: question/ answer and question/ answer and comment.
Wilde uses abundantly irony sarcasm nonsense, puns and paradoxes
wilde technique of contrast
the humor is derived form the contrast of what the actors say and how they act. - Actors should appear completely unperturbed when they say the most absurd things as if they were talking common sense
for who jack worthing has fallen in love
he is in love with gwendolen, the causing of algeron moncrief, he proposes to her and she accepts,but since when he goes to London he goes by the name of ernest, gwendolen thinks that her fiancè’s name is ernest
where are the acts of the play set?
the first act is set in london, while the other are set in jack’s countryhouse.
algernon falls in love for….
he falls in love for cecily, jack’s ward
what is the ending for “the importance of being ernest”
In the third act lady Bracknell recognises miss prism, cecily’s governess: she ahs been her dead sister governess that disappeared with her sister’s baby. Miss prism confesses that she had accidentally put the baby in a handbag she had forgot in Victoria station. Upon this revelation jack shows a handbag in which he was found as a baby. This means that jack is her nephew and algenon’s brother, after further enquiry is found out that his original name was indeed Ernest.
what happens in the pasasge in the book
Cecily and Gwendolen are tense and openly hostile to eachother since they believe to be engaged to the same man, at this point Algernon and jack come into the garden and so the misunderstanding is resolved and the girls become once more friends
