The Achievements Of Oscar Wilde's Life And Writings

“I can resist everything except temptation.” Ccan you relate to this quote?, Ddoes this bring up memories of when you were young, of a time when you were first learning right from wrong, and the battles with temptation?. This was said by one of the greatest writers in the late 18th century Oscar Wilde. The young lad was born on October 16, 1854, and grew up in Dublin Ireland. His father, William Wilde, is also well known for his many achievements. Today a plaque stands on what was once the Wilde home, Merrion Square, celebrating William, the "ophthalmic surgeon, archaeologist, ethnologist, antiquarian, statistician, biographer, naturalist, geographer, historian, folklorist". He somehow also found time to work as assistant commissioner on the

She went on to use the “Speranza”, as her pen name. She many great works, and later married William Wilde in 1854. Oscar also had 4, siblings. 3 sisters, Mary, Isola, and Emily, thankfully has was also blessed with a brother, Henry. Unlike the other children, Oscar loved to read, and write, and was a very bright young boy. He attended Portora Royal School at Enniskillen, where his love Greek and Rome started to flourish. Upon his graduation in 1874, Wilde received the Berkeley Gold Medal as Trinity's finest student in Greek, he also received a scholarship for further study at Magdalen College in Oxford. He acquired first in his at his Oxford classes. this was also where he became in tune with his writing ability. In 1878, the year of his graduation, his poem "Ravenna" won the Newdigate Prize for the best English verse composition by an Oxford undergraduate. After his years in college had finished he moved to London England, to be with his good friend frank Miles, who was a popular portraitist among London's upper class. In London Wilde published his first poem book, which received a decent amount of

The Lady's World," Wilde went on to say, "should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.” Oscar’s success brought great fame and honor to his family, but sadly their world would be shaken beyond imagining. During the height of his career, he was imprisoned because of a scandal of him sleeping with another man. You might be thinking, is that it? In our society today this is an everyday occurrence, well back this in the middle ages and forward this was a very sinful act and a serious crime, same sex marriage would not be passed in the United kingdom until 2013. He was arrested for gross indecency and sentenced to two years in a confinement, which brought a great amount of shame unto his family. His sons changed their last name to Holland, which was from his mother side of the family. One of Oscar’s last great book, was one of the stories and encounters he had in prison, which he titled "The Ballad of Reading