OSCAR WHILDE

OSCAR WHILDE

BY:LIDIA AGUILERA

Index

BIOGRAPHY

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MAIN JOB

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HISTORICAL PERIOD

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SUMMARY OF A WORK

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Oscar Wilde, born in 1854, was a writer, poet and playwright. Born in Dublin, he studied at Trinity College Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. During these years he was noted for his literary talent and eccentric personality.

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Because of his sexual orientation, he was sentenced to prison for ‘acts of indecency’ and it was the end of his public career. Wilde died in Paris in 1900 impoverished and exiled in France.

BIOGRAPHY

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MAIN JOB

His main work was writing short stories, novels and plays. His greatest successes were his social comedies, some of his best known titles being The Happy Prince, Salome, The Faithful Friend, De profundis....

HISTORICAL PERIOD

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Oscar Wilde, a leading figure of the XIX century Victorian era in the United Kingdom, was known for his views and criticisms of the institutions of the time, which brought him into conflict with the social, industrial and cultural values of his time.

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This play established Wilde as one of the great playwrights of his time.

SUMMARY OF A WORK

The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy by Oscar Wilde about two men, Jack and Algernon, who call themselves ‘Ernest’ to escape social norms and seeduced two women. The lies are compounded when the women discover the truth; the play critiques marriage and identity through absurd and humorous situations.

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