2006-11-30 00:10:26 · 6 answers · asked by biting_bytes 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Wilde was a writer of comedy with farce. Speculation is he admired strong, educated men, and the naughtiness of women that committed social sins of the time (street walkers). Unfortunately, when he was at the peak of his career and had three hit plays running he was accused of having a homosexual relationship with the Marquess of Queenberry and was sentenced to two years in prison at hard labor. This left him ruined in health and finances, and he never regained his creative energy.
2006-11-30 00:22:22 · answer #1 · answered by Nancy S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Small correction to answer by Nancy S.
The Marquess of Queensbury accused Wilde of having a homosexual relationship with his son, Lord Alfred Douglas (Wilde's pet name for him was 'Bosie').
Because the accusation was made in public, Wilde sued for slander and lost. Having lost the case, the assumption was that there was a criminal case to answer. He was then arrested and charged under a recent law, intended to protect women, but which was construed to include male/male sexual acts.
2006-12-03 17:38:18 · answer #2 · answered by Andrew M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maximum of Oscar Wilde's sayings have been sarcastic, witty, and commonly approximately how uninteresting he got here upon human beings. This quote seems to be describing the style of human beings he might particularly discover thrilling to speak to: adult males who're sensible, pushed, perhaps potential-hungry and function vast plans for his or her destiny (which will amuse him as he theory working replaced into for idiots), and ladies who could tell him memories of all their lewd sexual adventures.
2016-12-13 17:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both types of people are interesting. Men who have a future are intelligent, with something to offer society. They will amount to something; and that makes them interesting.
Women who have a past (while not necessarily loose) are unconventional, and have had interesting things happen to them, or have done interesting things in their life. They have stories to tell, or to hide, and that makes them interesting.
2006-11-30 01:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by MamaMia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is humor, Loose women, Men with potential....
2006-11-30 00:41:21 · answer #5 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...when the weather is fine, you got women, you got women on yur mind...
2006-11-30 01:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by Have Masters Degree in English 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋