Oscar Wilde Questions & Answers

Your thoughts? Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. - Oscar Wilde

i am studying oscar wilde and i was wondering if anyone has any ideas about what his philosophy would be thanks :)

I'm quite enjoying watching "An Englishman In New York" on LOGO right now (John Hurt is wonderful!), and I'm curious as to your opinion- is the archetype of the witty gay man dead and gone for good? The sophisticated, dandy sort of fellows who were so elegant and charming with a quick turn of phrase, intelligent and cultured and very nearly channeling Oscar Wilde? Has their breed gone extinct? What do you think? Aw, you suck.

I'm looking for a site I use very often, but I can't find it right now and I'm very upset. The title at the top of the screen was Dark Quotes. It wasn't the main page of the site though. The site was black with white writing and had the following quotes on it: Blood is thicker than water, and much tastier. "Do not ask which creature screams in the night, Do not question who waits for you in the shadow. It is my cry that wakes you in the night, And my body that crouches in the shadow. I am Tzeench and you are the puppet That dances to my tune." ~Karanzantor the Vile, The Traitor of Xian "Only love will make your cold heart melt" "Another day nearer the battle, So drink up my lads and look brave, 'Cos every day nearer the battle Is another day nearer the grave." ~A warriors' song of the Imperial Guard "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die." -H.P. Lovecraft "The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass leaving memories that become legend, then fade to myth, and are long forgotten when that age comes again." ~Robert Jordan, "The Wheel of Time" "Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." ~Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett We make the dragons as we make the gods, because we need them, because somewere deep in our hearts, we recognize that a world without them is a world not living in. No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world wihtout magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith. "Not all who wander are lost" ~J.R.R. Tolkien "The greatest harm can result from the best intentions." ~Stone of Tears Without order nothing can exist - without chaos nothing can evolve. The world needs more Heroes. "I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." ~Steven Wright Remember youth as you pass by, As you was once, so once was I, As I am now, you soon will be, Prepare to die and follow me. ~Epitaph on a warlock grave Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown BUT, it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and *****-slap the motherfucker upside the head... Many people say that man is not affected by the pull of the moon. Scientists say that if that is true, then humans are the *only* thing on earth that isn't... Always remember this: If you don't attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours. Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they ticked me off. All that we see or seem, Is but a dream within a dream. -Edgar Allan Poe "I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than it be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet." -Jack London You have to have a darkness...for the dawn to come. Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. "Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be." -Fannie Brice "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking up at the stars." -Oscar Wilde The lips which will be markedly full and red are drawn back from the teeth which gleam long, sharp as razors, and ivory white. -Montague Summers, The Vampire, His Kith and Kind (1928) Vampires provided a perfect mirror of the worst fears of the pious and perfect. Vampires were dangerous, sexually rampant, enormously powerful, absolutely unconcerned about human dignity and preservation of the soul, and finally...dead. And it was this last aspect of their nature that made them the most fascinating to legend-makers. -Dunn Mascetti, Manuela. Vampires: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead "We've trivialized the vampire. I think it happened about the time 'Count Chocula' found its way to cereal boxes." -F. Paul Wilson, author 'Midnight Mass' a vampire novella "How typical of humans... Your eyes are clouded so you cannot see...... Even though the truth is always within you..." - Vampire Princess Miyu "I am powerful, I am immortal, I can do anything, I am cursed, I am the Darkness" -Jackie Estacado. "First defense against evil - Open your damn eyes." -Reese, Forever Knights "No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What is a claim of power for ones who defy death? Call your damnable hunt. We shall see who I drag screaming to hell with me." -Gunter Dorn, Das Ungeheuer Darin. Vampire the Masquerade 2nd Edition Book "It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing

Out of these plays, which is the easiest to understand and then write a research paper on? Amadeus by Peter Shaffer A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance The Homecoming by Harold Pinter Jumpers by Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Yes, I am Mormon.

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Could be anywhere from the Bible to Oscar Wilde, just something that gets the torment and madness across This is an autobiography Actually my Bible says to go to doctors because I read the original Bible Psychic- ???????

Could be anywhere from the Bible to Oscar Wilde, just something that gets the torment and madness across Marz, I'm writing an autobiography about myself

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." – Oscar Wilde What do you think might have motivated Wilde to say that? Is the truth often complex? Are there multiple versions of “truth

what is well written.."the nightingale and the rose" by Oscar Wilde or "the cask of amontillado"by Edgar Allan Poe?and why?please help me :) THANKS a LOT ^^

Author Title Achebe, Chinua Anthills of the Savannah Agee, James A Death in the Family Anaya, Rudolfo Atwood, Margaret Austen, Jane Bless Me, Ultima The Handmaid’s Tale Pride and Prejudice Brontë, Charlotte Jane Eyre Brontë, Emily Wuthering Heights Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop Chekhov, Anton The Cherry Orchard Chopin, Kate The Awakening Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness Cooper, James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans de Cervantes, Miguel Don Quixote Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment Douglass, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Dreiser, Theodore An American Tragedy Eliot, George The Mill on the Floss Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man Fielding, Henry Tom Jones Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary Ford, Ford Madox The Good Soldier Ganes, Earnest J. A Lesson Before Dying Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Faust Golding, William Lord of the Flies Hardy, Thomas Tess of the d'Urbervilles Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Ibsen, Henrik A Doll's House James, Henry The Turn of the Screw Joyce, James A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Kincaid, Jamaica Kingston, Maxine Hong Annie John The Woman Warrior Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird London, Jack The Call of the Wild Mann, Thomas The Magic Mountain Miller, Arthur The Crucible Morrison, Toni Beloved Pasternak, Boris Doctor Zhivago Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front Shelley, Mary Frankenstein Silko, Leslie Marmon Ceremony Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels Tan, Amy Thackeray, William The Joy Luck Club Vanity Fair Turgenev, Ivan Fathers and Sons Walker, Alice The Color Purple Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray Williams, Tennessee The Glass Menagerie Wright, Richard Native Son

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." I'm wondering what the context of this quote is -- was it from a book of Wilde's, a letter ..? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

this is a homework question.. but I don't quite understand what "Aesthetic Movement" means?

Do you agree or disagree? “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” (Oscar Wilde)

Hi, I need you to make a comparison (about 5 lines) between Oscar Wilde and Jane Austen.Thanks

Here are some of mine. Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped. -Sam Levenson "Where ever you go, there you are." "Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you never can tell." -Joan Crawford I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. -Wilson Mizner The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. -William Arthur Ward Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde

Just some quotes: Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious - Oscar Wilde You won't have peace, until you knock out patriotism - G.B Shaw Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for nonsense A nation feels superior, it will breed patriotism and war - Dale Carnegie What is your definition of patriotism?

Hey. I am fifteen and next summer will be directing for the second time with my friends. This past summer we performed The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and it was a HUGE success(We got told it was better than any production they had seen of it), and we are excited to bring our theatre loving community something even more exciting next summer. The actors we have are extremely versatile so comedy or drama or whatever. We would also like an established play that will draw audiences. Nothing inappropriate(We are prep students.lol) Straight plays ONLY! We would prefer a full length but you can suggest one acts. Also, we like period pieces because we get really into the period(We researched the period like crazy and borrowed this really old antique furniture for Earnest and made our costumes from scratch) Anyway, please and thank you! No musicals please! We don't have any band or the facility. We have a superb church that is great for straight plays(Great sound, stage, lights) but will not work for a musical. Plus, it's student run! Oh, and we do not want to do Shakespeare!

to make an academic observation of present situations or offer suggestions for change? Also, for the importance of being earnest by Oscar Wilde?

Oscar Wilde said this taking into ccount he was a bit gay what are your views on it and why? sorry that was account lol

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

My favorite Quote about Death is. Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brow earth, with the grasses waving above ones head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.-Oscar Wilde, writer.(1854-1900)

Karl Marx, who famously described religion as “the opium of the people”, has joined Galileo, Charles Darwin and Oscar Wilde on a growing list of historical figures to have undergone an unlikely reappraisal by the Roman Catholic Church. L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, said yesterday that Marx’s early critiques of capitalism had highlighted the “social alienation” felt by the “large part of humanity” that remained excluded, even now, from economic and political decision-making. Georg Sans, a German-born professor of the history of contemporary philosophy at the pontifical Gregorian University, wrote in an article that Marx’s work remained especially relevant today as mankind was seeking “a new harmony” between its needs and the natural environment. He also said that Marx’s theories may help to explain the enduring issue of income inequality within capitalist societies. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6884704.ece OH. MY. GOD. Who put these latte-sipping liberal socialists in the Vatican anyway? FACT.

Ive always loved Oscar Wilde with a passion and its been a dream to have a first edition. I cant find one and ive been wondering where to find one and how much roughly I would pay. Thanks.

"The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are," (Wilde 55). What is the significance to this quote in relation to the idea that Lord Henry didn't care much for art.

Can be more than one. Tell why if you can. Thank you! 1. The Invisible Man by HG Wells 2. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Vern 3. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 4. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury 5. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 6. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw 7. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 8. The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells 9. The Princess Bride by William Goldman 10. The Call of the Wild by Jack London 11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 12. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 13. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez 14. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 15. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 16. The Three Theban Plays (Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus) by Sophocles 17. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 18. Moby Dick by Herman Melville 19. The Red Tend by Anita Diamant 20. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 21. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Hi! :) I've heard a lot about Oscar Wilde and really want to read one of his books. With which one do you suggest I start?

Oscar Wilde said that all art is useless. Why is he wrong?

If I never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you I wouldn't love you. If I didn't love you I wouldn't miss you, but I did, I do and I will. It takes a minute to like someone, and hour to love someone, but to forget someone takes a life time. Hearts live by being wounded Oscar Wilde "Moving on is simple, it's what you leave behind that makes it so difficult" I dont miss him, I miss who I thought he was "My heart longs for you, my soul dies for you, my eyes cry for you, my empty arms reach out for you." "Don't Cry Over Someone That Won't Cry Over You" "No Guy Is Worth Your Tears & When You Find The One That Is He Won't Make You Cry" "Forget who hurt you yesterday, But don't forget who loves you tenderly today." "Love can make you happy but often times it hurts, but love is only special when you give it to who its worth." "The hardest part of loving someone is knowing when to let go, and knowing when to say goodbye." "Forget the times he walked by, Forget the times he made you cry, Forget the times he spoke your name, Remember now your not the same. Forget the times he held your hand, Forget the sweet things if you can, Forget the times & Don't pretend, Remember now he's just your friend." "The day you finally decide to love me will be the day after the day I have given up on chasing you" "I hate to see the one I love happy with somebody but I surely hate it more to see the one I love unhappy with me..." "I had a dream and it was about you ... I smiled and recalled the memories we had ... then I noticed a tear fell from my eyes ... you know why? Coz in my dream you kissed me and said goodbye ..." "If in this lifetime, I wont get to have you, I'll make sure that if I meet you in my next life I wont have to think twice on saying that "I waited a lifetime to say I love you..."" "If someone you love hurts you cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it." "Never be sad for what is over, just be glad that it was once yours." "I’m going to smile and make you think I’m happy, I’m going to laugh, so you don’t see me cry, I’m going to let you go in style, and even if it kills me- I’m going to smile." 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." "The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost." "The hottest love has the coldest end." "Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." " For few love can last a lifetime, but for many not knowing when to let go can hold them back forever. " You broke me, you broke my heart, you broke everything! You turned my world upside down and inside out, BUT I know it was worth it for that one moment of love we had, it's a shame it went bad..... "If You Really Love Something Set It Free. If It Comes Back It's Yours, If Not It Wasn't Meant To Be" "Some Day You'll Cry For Me Like I Cried For You, Some Day You'll Miss Me Like I Missed You, Some Day You'll Need Me Like I Needed You, Some Day You'll Love Me But I Won't Love You" "Time will make you forget me but time will make me love you more than before." Please tell me how you like this poem!! Yes, of course I wrote this poem!!! If my love and I ever break then this is for him!!! I hope you all like it!!! Star me if you liked it and it means something to you!!! Thank you all for answering!!

I have already read the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and now i have to choose the second novel that i'm going to read. The novel has to be prior to 1900, and I have to write a comparison essay between the two novels. My first choice is "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" becasue the share the same theme of living a double life and the idea of moral choice. However i was suggested "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad and also "The importance of Being Ernest" also by Oscar Wilde. Between which of these novels, do you think would create the best/easiest comparison essay. If there are any other books that are prior to 1900 that you know of, that share the same general ideas/themes as to dorian gray that can create a good comparison novel that would be great, thanks for any help.

1. Gustave Mahler was persuaded by Sigmund Freud to listen to his wife's music. True or False? 2. Oscar Wilde was found not guilty after a judge ruled that an artist's private life was not the public's business. True or False? 3. In order to have his novel Native Son made into a film by MGM, Richard Wright had to agree to allow white actors to play all the parts. He refused their request. True or False? 4. In A Room of One's Own, the author contrasts facilities offered to men and women at Harvard. True or False? 5. The composer Gustave Mahler told his wife that her role in life was to nurse the children, prepare meals, and copy all of his manuscripts in her spare time. True or False?

Are there still people around who read 'old' books like Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde? Do you think there is a market for this genre? How do you think one would make contact with this market?

I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. ~Oscar Wilde Agree? BQ: Last temptation you yielded too?

the play that we're reading in class is the importance of being honest

-I ran out of figures in the title. Books like Twilight (good movie, loved it, but bad books), Gossip Girl (good show, horrendous in not only writing and composition but also grammar, despicable), and The Clique series ~shudder~ (enough said) are not well written. Have you detected the very obvious fact that the authors of young adult novels are lacking in the creativity of her word choice. Of all the synonyms in the world that she could possibly use to replace beautiful when describing the vampires, other than repeatedly using "beautiful" in every other sentence, Ms. Meyer decides that she would rather use "beautiful" IN EVERY OTHER SENTENCE. What is happening to the world of literature? Did you know that over a third of all books sold are these...things? Suffice it to say even Alice in Wonderland, which btw was written while Lewis Carrol was on hallucinogenics, greatly surpasses today's pathetic attempts at writing, in both content and form. I mean, come on, what is the theme in The It Girl? Not everyone who reads Writing for Dummies can write. Writers like Toni Morrison, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Salman Rushdie, Langston Hughes (poet), John Steinbeck, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde and many others have written books with meaning, life, themes, and ACTUAL WORDS! I'm not talking about children's books, those are written by some of the best authors. Now, I realize that I will get a mob of angry messages saying, "Like OMG, Twilight is like the best, f u beeyatch." To which I would respond, "Well thank you, perfect stereotype of the bimbo-American teenager (I'm American too); you've just illustrated my point. Now try to find Asia on a map, so we can all have a good laugh! Why do you think that Americans have a reputation of being stupid? But in Twilight's defense My Super Sweet Sixteen and Miss Teen South Carolina did contribute to this epidemic of just out-right stupid. There's no sophisticated word for it, it's just plain stupid. I'm saying this, not because I want to criticize or insult, but because it had to be said. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but Twilight is NOT literature. I bet half of all Twilight fans didn't even know who half of those authors were/are (without looking them up), much less what they even wrote. I don't know, it's kind of sad. I'm tired, it's late, I'm not wearing my contacts (so I'm all hunched over), and I don't have time to grammar-check this question, sorry for the inconvenience? I know it's long. Think of it as an article.

me and my bff are doing the tea party scene in the importance of being earnest for out drama but my other two friends need one and i'm trying to find one of his as he is irish and we have to use irish playwrights work. Any suggestions? 2 hours ago - 4 days left to answer.

I need to write a ps for a 6th form, let me know if I should change anything... My name is ********, and I am currently a year 11 student at ***********in *********. I consider myself a suitable student for your 6th form because; I uphold all of the values that I feel you would appreciate. For example, I believe that respect and self- determination are two qualities that will get you far in life. I say this because as deputy head girl of my school, I have seen instances where these attributes have helped. I would say my confidents and honesty are my biggest strengths, and these were reasons I was made deputy head girl. However, my biggest weakness would probably be my in efficiency to carry out certain plans. E.g, sometimes I procrastinate about certain things, but end up not doing them, or doing them after I said I would. I am trying successfully to counter this by doing whatever I say I am going to do immediately. I am an avid reader and thoroughly enjoy reading the classics, and other advanced novels. My favourite modern classic is ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen, however I would say my favourite text would be ‘The importance of being Earnest’ by Oscar Wilde. I am also a dedicated singer, and sing in a band (in which I also play the guitar) and my school choir. I have decided that I would like to study at ********6th form, because it offers all the courses I would like to do. In addition, I like the schools environment and ethoses, as I believe that when you work hard, things will becomes easier for you; however, everything must be done in a balance. I am hoping to study Psychology, English language, Math’s and Biology. This is because in the future, I plan to be psychotherapist, and I feel that these subjects will benefit me the most. My dream is to go on to higher education and study at Cambridge University.

Im studying The importance of being Earnest in English and part of our homework is to find out about how he was an important part of the decadence movement. Ive googled it but everything's too long and generally irrelevant. So yeah uhh please answer this and help me? :)

“Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.” [oscar wilde]

“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” [oscar wilde]

I have to do a presentation about Oscar Wilde and I really want it to be interesting and include unknown, weird or funny facts about him and make the class to want to know more about him.

I need a book that's considered a "classic" (like something by Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, etc.) that's main theme is about loneliness or solitude or reclusion, anything along those lines. Can anyone name a few titles, please?

How do they compare? in which aspects are they similar/different?