Analyzing Oscar Wilde's Letter 'De Profundis'

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Suffering can not have a set amount of time allocated to it
Suffering morphs time from having a linear progression to revolving around one point
Each day becomes like each other as sorrow engulfs individuals
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Sorrow skews the beauty of life and turns it dark
Time slows down and stops once sorrow is felt
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Wilde’s mother dies and brings sorrow to his life
His parents developed the greatness which held puts his name in high esteem
That he has ruined the family name and has made it a toy for the citizens
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His sorrow is not meant to be recorded but lived through
Wilde’s wife attempted to bring condolences for him from those who cared about him
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Wilde has spent three months in prison
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Sorrow is a sensitive topic that demolishes the sanity of its victims
It creates a wound that shall never stop bleeding but will cease to cause pain once love touches it

Central Argument The central argument of Oscar Wilde’s letter “De Profundis” is that suffering lasts aneternity and will forever torment its victims. That individuals will live in a never ending pit of sorrow in which each day that passes is a …show more content…

Vocab
Tremulous
Definition: shaking slightly especially because of nervousness, weakness, or illness
Sentence: “The thin beaten-out leaf of tremulous gold that chronicles the direction of forces the eye cannot see is in comparison coarse.”
Indifferent
Definition: not interested in or concerned about something
Sentence: “My wife, always kind and gentle to me, rather than that I should hear the news from indifferent lips... a loss.”
Mire
Definition: thick and deep mud
Sentence: “...the mire and often in the mist go astray.”
Folly
Definition: the lack of good sense or judgment
Sentence: “...to fools that they might turn it into a synonym for

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