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“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald. Literature gives people a sense of hope, that they aren't alone in this big world. It allows people to relate to one another and tell the world how they feel. With literature, you can be anyone you want to be. Our culture encourages literature from a very young age and because of this, it has impacted education immensely. It has various styles and within each style, comes different writers. Oscar Wilde was a novelist, playwright, essayist and poet in the Victorian Era. Some of his most famous works include The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of being …show more content…

It has the potential to do amazing things in one's mind and heart. It allows one to escape themselves for a bit and live through someone else. Literature is said to be the art-form of language, and words are its tools (The Journal Pulp). Oscar Wilde once said, “Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?”. Words are a powerful thing. They have the power to change one's life. Wilde used words to impact education and literature though his novels and plays. His most famous play, The Importance of Being Earnest, is used throughout English classrooms across America. It is currently on the AP recommended reading list for AP Literature and Composition, along with one of his famous novels, The Picture of Dorian Gray. His novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, has been remade into several different movies and tv shows. In 2009, director Oliver Parker, released his screenplay titled Dorian Gray as a spin off of the novel by Oscar Wilde. In 2003, The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman, was released with Dorian Gray as a main character, as a spinoff of Author Alan Moore's novel. Oscar Wilde's novels and plays have impacted education and literature, even in …show more content…

The things he had to go through, only made him stronger as a person and a writer. Lord Queensberry accused him of “gross indecency” with his son, Lord Alfred Douglas. In the nineteenth century, this was a severe crime. He was imprisoned for two years and shunned by the community. He considered these accusations unjust and denied mostly everything. He admitted to some of the accusations and stood by his actions. Through this, he lost much respect. His name became something that people were ashamed of. His novels and plays were burned. Even though he was treated unjustly, he was ever discouraged. He stands as a role model for those that are too scared to stand up for themselves. After he was released, Wilde said, “For I have come, not from obscurity into the momentary notoriety of crime, but from a sort of eternity of fame to a sort of eternity of infamy..”. Despite his past, Wilde has never been forgotten. He has remained as one of the most well known novelists and playwrights of all time. Oscar Wilde has impacted society's idea of what's right and

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