Oscar+Wilde.

Oscar Wilde //__The Horribly Interesting life of Oscar Wilde__// He was born in Dublin, Ireland. His was a well-known surgeon. His mother was a popular poet and writer, starting Oscar Wilde off to a good start in the literary field. While in school, his works created so much attention that he started his very own cult of admirers. After completing college in Oxford England, he expanded this cult even further. After two years of being married and having children, he decides that it would be a good time to become an avid practicer in homosexuality in 1886. His entire life his goal was to attack and contradict any established region, and by doing this, he believe that it would attack the Victorian moral code and took it as an inspiration for his writings. Trying not to get in trouble, he kept his homosexual scandal essentially private. However, this was not making much of an impact. As soon as he made this public in 1895, he was immediately convicted, but then very well known. Even while being in prison for two years, he continued to write of youth and mutiny. Considering himself the scapegoat for other men and the lives of his readers, he feed to Paris and died in his attempts to write a play in the style he used before imprisonment. With his death, he went from offending his society's sexual attitudes and standards, being a criminal outcast, to being a figure both redeemed and bankable.

Aim : Oscar Wilde wanted to affect as many people as possible with his literary works, even if it meant putting his own life and family into risk. He was completely devoted to spreading his beliefs about sexuality, love, government, and every other thought he applied to his own life. He cared about his readers, despite the harsh criticism and bashing he constantly received. Every last degrading comment was worth it to him if it meant he was helping the lives of people like himself.

Audience : Oscar Wilde directed his work to an older audience, one that could grasp his bunt and clear concepts. Even his fairy tales are hinted with bold messages of his generation. He wrote to all that sought acceptance, understanding, and change. Being a rebel, but not violent, he often wrote to stir up trouble with attacking society's principals, not only to get attention, but to see his point across.

Culture : Oscar Wilde lived in the late 1800's. With strict rues and standards, life was supposed to be lived in fear of and scientific, technological, and most importunity social change. Even so, Oscar marched to the drum that fits the beat of our society today. He tossed out ideas of change, individuality, and difference. Harshly rejected and punished, people like him are what transformed culture and society to be how it is today.

Historical : Oscar Wilde was the first homosexual writer to publish his work publicly, with //The Picture of Dorian Gray// being the most pinpointed on his lifestyle. At first, no reader or any other person accepted this book. The ideas around the topic of more diverse desires were neglected and seemingly unpopular. It did not take much time for that to change. He opened the door for more versatile and dauntless authors and influentially pushed on today's society's views on gays rights and equality.

__Poem one: //A Fragment//____.__ Beautiful star with the crimson lips And flagrant daffodil hair, Come back, come back, in the shaking ships O'er the much-overrated sea, To the hearts that are sick for thee With a woe worse than mal de mer - O beautiful stars with the crimson lips And the flagrant daffodil hair. - O ship that shakes on the desolate sea , Neath the flag of the wan White Star, Thou bringest a brighter star with thee From the land of the Philistine, Where Niagara's reckoned fine And Tupper is popular- O ship that shakes on the desolate sea , Neath the flag of the wan White Star.

__The Technique’s__: Imagery. Definition: Visually descriptive using various green words to create a picture in the reader's mind. Quote: "Beautiful star with the crimson lips."

Hyperbole. Definition: Exaggerations to create emphasis or effect. Quote: "With a woe worse than mal de mer-"

Repetition Definition: When a word, line, or phrase is used multiple times to get the same point across. Quote: "O ship that shakes on the desolate sea."

//__Moments__// __by One Direction__ Common literary elements: - Imagery : "Shut the door, turn the light off" "Heart beats harder, time escapes me, trembling hands touch skin - Hyperbole : ”Try to scream out my lungs." - Repetition : The chorus.

Lyrics: Shut the door, turn the light off I wanna be with you I wanna feel your love I wanna lay beside you I cannot hide this even though I try

Heart beats harder Time escapes me Trembling hands touch skin It makes this harder And the tears stream down my face

If we could only have this life for one more day If we could only turn back time

[Chorus] You know I'll be Your life, your voice your reason to be  My love, my heart Is breathing for this Moments in time I'll find the words to say Before you leave me today

Close the door Throw the key Don't wanna be reminded Don't wanna be seen Don't wanna be without you My judgement is clouded Like tonight's sky

Hands are silent Voice is numb Try to scream out my lungs It makes this hard girl And the tears stream down my face

If we could only have this life for one more day If we could only turn back time

[Chorus] x2

The Common Theme: Longing for someone who is far away, and missing them so badly that you are completely drenched in emotional syrup.

__Poem two: //A Lament//____.__

O well for him who lives at ease With garnered gold in wide domain , Nor heeds the splashing of the rain , The crashing down of forest trees. - O well for him who ne'er hath known The travail of the hungry years , A father grey with grief and tears, A mother weeping all alone. - But well for him whose feet hath trod The weary road of toil and strife, Yet from the sorrows of his life Builds ladders to be nearer God

__The Technique’s__: Rhyme Scheme. Definition: An ordered pattern of word ending to sound similar. Quote: "With garnered gold in wide domain, nor needs the spacing of the rain."

Personification. Definition: Giving non-living things human characteristics. Quote: "The hungry years."

Symbolism. Definition: using words to represent another meaning. Quote: "Builds ladders to be nearer God." (Find what you need through faith and trust in God.)

//__Paradise__// __by Coldplay.__ Common literary elements: - Rhyme Scheme : "She dreamed of paradise everytime she closed her eyes." - Personification : "It (the expectation) flew away from her reach." - Symbolism : "The wheel breaks the butterfly." (Everything good will be crushed by something worse.) Lyrics: When she was just a girl She expected the world But it flew away from her reach so She ran away in her sleep And dreamed of Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise Every time she closed her eyes

When she was just a girl She expected the world But it flew away from her reach And the bullets catch in her teeth Life goes on, it gets so heavy The wheel breaks the butterfly Every tear a waterfall In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes In the night the stormy night away she'd fly

And dreams of Para-para-paradise Para-para-paradise Para-para-paradise Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh She'd dream of Para-para-paradise Para-para-paradise Para-para-paradise Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh

La-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la And so lying underneath those stormy skies She'd say, "oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise"

This could be Para-para-paradise Para-para-paradise This could be Para-para-paradise Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh This could be Para-para-paradise Para-para-paradise This could be Para-para-paradise Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh

The Common Theme: Life is not all it's made out to be, but you can find what you need if you look in the right places.

__Poem three: //A Vision//__ __.__ Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone With no green weight of laurels round his head, But with sad eyes as one uncomforted, And wearied with man's never-ceasing moan For sins no bleating victim can atone, And sweet long lips with tears and kisses fed. Girt was he in a garment black and red, And at his feet I marked a broken stone Which sent up lilies, dove-like, to his knees. Now at their sight, my heart being lit with flame, I cried to Beatrice, 'Who are these? ' And she made answer, knowing well each name, 'AEschylos first, the second Sophokles, And last (wide stream of tears!) Euripides.'

The Technique’s: Rhyme Scheme. Definition: Words with similar endings made to sound alike. Quote: "Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone." "And wearied with man's never-ceasing moan."

Hyperbole. Definition: An exaggeration to make emphasis. Quote: "Man's never-ceasing moan."

Metaphor Definition: When one thing is applied to an action that it is not actually applicable. Quote: "And sweet long lips with tears and kisses fed." (The good aspects in his life that he longs over and no doesn't enjoy anymore.)

//__Travelin' Soldier__// __by Dixi Chicks.__ Common literary elements: - Rhyme Scheme : "Two days past eighteen, he was waiting for the bus in his army green." - Hyperbole : "Never going to hold the hand of another guy." - Metaphor : "He gave her his heart." (They got to know each other on a very personal level.)

Lyrics: Two days past eighteen He was waiting for the bus in his army green Sat down in a booth at a cafe there Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair He's a little shy so she gives him a smile And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while And talking to me, I'm feeling a little low She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care I got no one to send a letter to Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

Chorus: I cry Never gonna hold the hand of another guy Too young for him they told her Waitin' for the love of the travelin' soldier Our love will never end Waitin' for the soldier to come back again Never Born to be alone when the letter said Soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camp

From california then vietnam And he gave her his heart It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of He said when it's getting kinda rough over here I think of that day sittin' down at the pier And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

[Chorus]

One friday night at a football game The lord's prayer said and the anthem sang A man said folks would you bow your heads For a list of local vietnam dead Crying all alone under the stands Was a piccolo player in the marching band And one name read and nobody really cared But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy too young for him they told her waitin' for the love of the travelin' soldier our love will never end waitin' for the soldier to come back again never more to be alone when the letter said soldier's coming, {repeat chorus}

The Common Theme: Sadness and horror always come after living in perfection.

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