The document provides biographical information about Oscar Wilde and summaries of some of his major works. It discusses that he was an Irish author, poet, and playwright born in 1854 in Dublin. Some of his most famous works mentioned include The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Ballad of Reading Gaol. The document also analyzes themes and writing styles in some of his works.

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1)1) About authorAbout author
2)2) SummarySummary
3)3) Setting and CharactersSetting and Characters
4)4) ThemesThemes
5)5) Writing styleWriting style
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3. About authorAbout author
 Name:Name: Oscar Wills WildeOscar Wills Wilde
 Born:Born: 16 October 1854,16 October 1854,
Dublin, IrelandDublin, Ireland..
 Died:Died: 30 November 190030 November 1900
(aged 46) Paris, France(aged 46) Paris, France..
 Occupation:Occupation: Author, poet,Author, poet,
playwrightplaywright

4. About AuthorAbout Author
 Period:Period: Victorian eraVictorian era
 Literary movement:Literary movement: AestheticismAestheticism
 Alma mater:Alma mater: Trinity College, Dublin;Trinity College, Dublin;
Magdalen College, OxfordMagdalen College, Oxford
 Masterpiece:Masterpiece: The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest

5. WorksWorks
Poems:Poems:
The HappyThe Happy Prince And Other TalesPrince And Other Tales 1888 1888
Dorian GrayDorian Gray 1890 1890
The House Of PomegranatesThe House Of Pomegranates 1891 1891
The Ballad of Reading GoalThe Ballad of Reading Goal 18981898
Plays: Plays:
Lady Windermere's Fan 1892.Lady Windermere's Fan 1892.
A Woman of No Importance 1893.A Woman of No Importance 1893.
An Ideal Husband 1895An Ideal Husband 1895
The Importance of Being Earnest 1895The Importance of Being Earnest 1895

6. • PoetryPoetry:: PoemsPoems,, 18911891
The Ballad of Reading GaolThe Ballad of Reading Gaol, 1898, 1898
• Fairy talesFairy tales:: The Happy Prince and other TalesThe Happy Prince and other Tales, 1888, 1888
The House of PomegranatesThe House of Pomegranates,, 18911891
• NovelNovel:: The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891, 1891
• PlaysPlays:: Lady Windermere’s Fan,Lady Windermere’s Fan, 18921892
A Woman of no ImportanceA Woman of no Importance,, 18931893
The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest,, 18951895
SaloméSalomé,, 18931893
2. Works
Oscar Wilde

7. Ben Barnes in Oliver Parker’s Dorian
Gray (2009).
Reading Gaol in 2007
A 2002 performance of The Importance of
Being Earnest, directed by Frank B. Moorman.

8.  ««I have nothing to declare exceptI have nothing to declare except mymy
geniusgenius».».
 ««ExperienceExperience is simply the name weis simply the name we
give ourgive our mistakesmistakes».».
 ««A man can be happy withA man can be happy with anyany
womanwoman as long as heas long as he does not lovedoes not love
herher».».
Oscar Wilde, 1889
Oscar Wilde
1. Life
Some famous quotations of Wilde’s:

9. SummarySummary
 A student of Philosophy falls in love with a girl.A student of Philosophy falls in love with a girl.
 she demands red roses in order to dance with her.she demands red roses in order to dance with her.
 The student is bereft of red roses in his garden that’s why heThe student is bereft of red roses in his garden that’s why he
starts crying.starts crying.
 His lamenting is heard by a nightingale in her nest.His lamenting is heard by a nightingale in her nest.
 she said,she said, “Here at last is a true lover.”“Here at last is a true lover.”
 The nightingale looks for a red rose diligently but she couldn’t.The nightingale looks for a red rose diligently but she couldn’t.
 A rose tree tells her,A rose tree tells her, “ you must build it out of music by“ you must build it out of music by
moonlight, and stain it with your own heart’s-blood bymoonlight, and stain it with your own heart’s-blood by
pressing your heart against a thorn.”pressing your heart against a thorn.”

10. SummarySummary
 The bird does so and grows a beautiful red rose by sacrificing herThe bird does so and grows a beautiful red rose by sacrificing her
life.life.
 Then the student plucks it and goes to the girl where she refusesThen the student plucks it and goes to the girl where she refuses
and says that she is gifted real jewels by a rich man.and says that she is gifted real jewels by a rich man.
 She says,She says, “everybody knows that jewels cost far more than“everybody knows that jewels cost far more than
flowers.”flowers.”
 He threw the rose into the street, where it fell into the gutter, and aHe threw the rose into the street, where it fell into the gutter, and a
cartwheel went over it.cartwheel went over it.
 He says,He says, “What a silly thing Love is, It is not half as useful as“What a silly thing Love is, It is not half as useful as
Logic.”Logic.”

11. Setting and CharactersSetting and Characters
The story is set in a garden of fantasy - it is fullThe story is set in a garden of fantasy - it is full
of talking creatures and trees; the majorof talking creatures and trees; the major
characters are the student and the Nightingale.characters are the student and the Nightingale.
In minor: there are many insects; butterflies andIn minor: there are many insects; butterflies and
salamanders , many plant and trees, thesalamanders , many plant and trees, the
professor’s girl and the lizard.professor’s girl and the lizard.

12. ThemesThemes
 Theme of loveTheme of love
 Theme of sacrificeTheme of sacrifice

13. Theme of LoveTheme of Love
““Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it andNuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it and
wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.”wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.”
 The boy and the girl both are wanton lovers.The boy and the girl both are wanton lovers.
 The student says,The student says, “If I bring her a red rose she will dance with“If I bring her a red rose she will dance with
me till dawn. If I bring her a red rose, I shall hold her in myme till dawn. If I bring her a red rose, I shall hold her in my
arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and herarms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her
hand will be clasped in mine.”hand will be clasped in mine.”
 The girl says,The girl says, “I am afraid it will not go with my dress and“I am afraid it will not go with my dress and
besides, the Chamberlain’s nephew has sent me some realbesides, the Chamberlain’s nephew has sent me some real
jewels, and everybody knows that jewels cost far more thanjewels, and everybody knows that jewels cost far more than
flowers.”flowers.”

14. Theme of SacrificeTheme of Sacrifice
““Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfectethNuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth
it and wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.”it and wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.”
 The Nightingale is a true friend of a true lover.The Nightingale is a true friend of a true lover.
 She was in search of a true lover. She says,She was in search of a true lover. She says, “Here
indeed is the true lover,”
 She sacrifices her life to assist the love and to makeShe sacrifices her life to assist the love and to make
it perfect. She says,it perfect. She says, “Death is a great price to pay for
a red rose,”
 The Nightingale’s last desire, she says,The Nightingale’s last desire, she says, ““All that I ask
of you in return is that you will be a true lover..”

15. Theme of SacrificeTheme of Sacrifice
 About love Nightingale says,About love Nightingale says,
““Surely Love is a wonderful thing.
It is more precious than emeralds,
and dearer than fine opals. Pearls
and pomegranates cannot buy it,
nor is it set forth in the market-
place. It may not be purchased of
the merchants, nor can it be
weighed out in the balance for
gold.”

16. Writing styleWriting style
 Genre of this story is fairies playGenre of this story is fairies play
 Children’s storyChildren’s story
 Full of indirect comments on lifeFull of indirect comments on life
 PersonificationPersonification
 Similes are abundantly usedSimiles are abundantly used
 Symbolism in the storySymbolism in the story

17. PersonificationPersonification
 Personification of birds:Personification of birds:
 (The Nightingale)(The Nightingale)
 Personification of Insects:Personification of Insects:
 (A lizard and a butterfly)(A lizard and a butterfly)
 Personification of Trees:Personification of Trees:
 (oak tree, daisy and rose tree)(oak tree, daisy and rose tree)

18. SimilesSimiles
1. “His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are
red as the rose of his desire; but passion has made his face
like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon his brow.”
2. She passed through the grove like a shadow, and like a
shadow she sailed across the garden.
3. as white as the foam of the sea,
4. as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an
amber throne,
5. as red as the feet of the dove,
6. Flame-colored are his wings, and colored like flame is his
body. His lips are sweet as honey, and his breath is like
frankincense.”

19. SymbolismSymbolism
 Red rose:Red rose:
True love, which needs constantTrue love, which needs constant
nourishment of passions of thenourishment of passions of the
lovers.lovers.
 In Story:In Story:
The threw the rose into the street, where it fell intoThe threw the rose into the street, where it fell into
then gutter, and a cartwheel went over it.then gutter, and a cartwheel went over it.

20. SymbolismSymbolism
 Lizard:Lizard:
Cynic/pessimist, a person who sees littleCynic/pessimist, a person who sees little
no good in anything and who has no belief in humanno good in anything and who has no belief in human
progress.progress.
 In Story:In Story:
““Why is he weeping?”Why is he weeping?” asked a little Green Lizard, asasked a little Green Lizard, as
he ran past him with his tail in the air.he ran past him with his tail in the air. “how very“how very
ridiculous!”ridiculous!” and the littleand the little
Lizard, who was something of a cynic, laughedLizard, who was something of a cynic, laughed
outright.outright.

21. SymbolismSymbolism
 Nightingale:Nightingale:
A truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares toA truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to
sacrifice his own precious life.sacrifice his own precious life.
 In Story:In Story:
All night long she sang with her breast against theAll night long she sang with her breast against the
thorn she kept on singing, the thorn went deeper andthorn she kept on singing, the thorn went deeper and
deeper into her breast, until the rose sucked all herdeeper into her breast, until the rose sucked all her
blood.blood.

22. SymbolismSymbolism
 StudentStudent::
Not a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent inNot a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent in
pursuing love. He a wanton and did not know evenpursuing love. He a wanton and did not know even
the ABC of “LOVE”.the ABC of “LOVE”.
He was in want of only one night with the said girl. HeHe was in want of only one night with the said girl. He
says,says, “If I bring her a red rose she will dance with me“If I bring her a red rose she will dance with me
till dawn. If I bring her a red rose, I shall hold her intill dawn. If I bring her a red rose, I shall hold her in
my arms, and she will lean her head upon mymy arms, and she will lean her head upon my
shoulder, and her hand will be clasped in mine.”shoulder, and her hand will be clasped in mine.”

23. Don’t forget myDon’t forget my
sacrifice….sacrifice….

24. QQuestuestiiononss……??…………??

25. The EndThe End
thanketh all ofthanketh all of
you…..!you…..!