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2007-04-08 11:45:51 · 5 answers · asked by Big Family Guy 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

I meant Oscar Wilde's works and ideals on life. Where does it fit into modern life?

2007-04-08 11:59:00 · update #1

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I disagree most strongly with the first two contributors! And what is it with people who put his sexuality up and forefront!? What has that to do with anything anyway? I don't really agree with the thought that he would have had his own talk show. Being a talk show host would be far too ostentatious for him. There were things in life that even Oscar Wilde found tacky and I think he would find a talk show one of them. He may have said"I never mind my own business, I always find other peoples much more interesting than mine"-something to that effect. I think he would be far too horrified with the way life has turned out. Especially in the decline in Literature, the Arts and Life in general. I don't know where he would fit in into modern life. I fear that like Jesus resurrected to modern times we would pillar Oscar Wilde again. Not for his homosexuality(amongst other things he was put on the dock for)this time but because of his own freedom of thought; his belief that all war was vulgar and that has no place for most governments in this day and age.

2007-04-08 11:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Oscar wasn't a pedophile; he was simply gay.
Today, he'd have his own TV talk show, be making movies and writing more plays, books, etc.
He'd be a star.
The "love that dares not speak its name" has come out of the closet these days.

And, while I didlike disagreeing with other answerers, Oscar's middle name was ostentation. He certainly was no shrinking violet. He loved public acclaim and did many lecture tours. Also, he was cynical, especially about human nature, and a cynic is "horrified" only when people turn out to be much better than anticipated. As a cynic, Oscar would have found the modern world even closer in line with his viewpoint about humanity than his own age was.

Here's a website that talks about his "Philosophy"
(see link below, please.)

1. The True Artist Is Known By The Use He Makes Of What He Annexes, And He Annexes Everything.
2. Any Preoccupation With What Is Right Or Wrong In Conduct Shows An Arrested Intellectual Development.
3. A Really Well-Made Buttonhole Is The Only Link Between Art And Nature.
4. Lying And Poetry Are Arts.
5. The First Duty In Life Is To Be As Artificial As Possible.
All of which (with the possible exception of Number 3) makes it sound as though he'd fit in quite well with "modern life."

2007-04-08 18:52:19 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1 0

well 2 be honest...I'm not quite sure how his works would fit into "modern" life, considering most of his works were created during the Romantic era...a time when "standards" were different

2007-04-08 19:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by nyadastar 2 · 0 0

That. Sounds. Hot! But I do agree with the first respondent though it really depends on where he is. Still, he would be hot.

2007-04-08 18:51:31 · answer #4 · answered by ficklefeather 3 · 0 1

He would be arrested for paedophilia.

2007-04-08 18:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

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