The Life of Oscar Wilde's Characters

Oscar Wilde was born in an outstanding family in Dublin, Ireland, and was the second son of this family. His father William Wilde is a surgeon and his mother is a poet and writer.

1864, Wilde attended the royal school of Putola in Ennisklin, which was not particularly popular among boys. At school, he likes flowers, sunsets and Greek literature. Although he is often dismissed as lazy by his teachers, in the last year of this school, he still won the Putola Gold Award, which represents the highest honor of classical literature.

187 1 was awarded Trinity College Scholarship in Dublin, 17 years old. He met Professor Mahaffey in this school, who had a great influence on Wilde's life. Years later, he also recalled that Mahaffey was "a talkative person and an artist who was good at using eloquent and vivid language."

After graduating from Trinity College in Dublin, Wilde won a full literary scholarship and entered Magdalen College in Oxford University on 1874. In Oxford, Wilde was influenced by the aesthetic thoughts of walter pater and john ross King, and was exposed to the works of Neo-Hegelian philosophy, Darwin's theory of evolution and Pre-Raphael school, which set the direction for him to become a pioneer writer of aestheticism. After the publication of his first book of poems, he began to emerge in the literary world and came to London for development. Although the young Wilde has never won a literary prize, he is famous in London society for his striking clothes, witty remarks and maverick, and some magazines even published articles satirizing him.

1875, Wilde traveled to Italy in the summer vacation and wrote one of his early poems "San Mignat", but it will be several years before it can be published. 1877, Oscar Wilde and two other young people accompanied Professor Mahaffey on a trip to Greece. They were fascinated by the natural scenery and exquisite architecture of Greece, so that they lingered and delayed their classes. After returning to Oxford, he was fined 45 pounds by the school, and the fine was returned the next year because of his excellent academic performance. From 65438 to 0878, Wilde's last year in Oxford was very beautiful. Not only is his academic performance among the best, but his poem "La Fenna" also won the school poetry competition. The winning poem was funded by a school in Fu Zi, which became Wilde's first published work. Wilde moved from Oxford to London and called himself a professor of aestheticism. 1880, Wilde has made his mark in London social circle, and Clumsy magazine began to make fun of his appearance. His first play, Vera, was also completed in the same year, but it didn't have a big response. In the end, for political reasons, it was not staged in London. 188 1 year, Poerxiusi, an aestheticism humorous short play written by Gilbert and Sullivan, inadvertently brought a bad reputation to Wilde. Wilde's poems were published in the same year, probably at the poet's own expense.

1882, Wilde gave a wonderful lecture tour in America. Two years later, he fell in love with constance Lloyd and got married. His two sons Cyril and Vivian were born in 1885 and 1886 respectively.

1887, Wilde became the executive editor of a women's magazine called "Women's World" (originally named "Women's World", but Wilde changed his name because of vulgarity), and published some of his novels, comments and poems in the magazine. Wilde's works are famous for their colorful words, novel ideas and distinctive views. May 1888 The Happy Prince and Other Stories was published. 1On June 20th, 890, the novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray was serialized in the newspaper, which established the status of a decadent artist. His first novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray was published in 189 1. The opportunity of novel creation was that Wilde visited a famous old painter one day. The male model of the painter was very young and beautiful, so Wilde could not help but sigh: "It's a pity that such a beautiful creature will still age one day." The painter replied: Yes, if only he could grow old instead of him in the painting. "Later, Wilde wrote the novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray. In order to thank the painter, Wilde named the painter in the novel after him. After that, he published the prose "The Soul of a Socialist", both of which were very successful, but it was his plays that really won Wilde's reputation. It can be said that each of his plays has been warmly welcomed. At one time, three of his plays were staged in London at the same time. His excellent plays are called the best comedies since Xie Lidan's Gossip College.

1895, the Marquis of queensberry discovered his Lord Alfred Douglas; ; Nicknamed "Bosie") sued Wilde for four years and posted a note at Wilde's celebrity club: "Go to the Oscar? Wilde-a pretentious sodomite. " Publicly reprimanded Wilde as a masculine "sodomite" (the word "homosexuality" was not born at that time). This accusation made Wilde immediately write to his good friend Ross.

Marquis Queensbury, a tyrannical father, argued with Douglas for a long time. Angry Alfred Douglas told Wilde to appeal immediately, accusing Marquis of damaging his reputation. As a result, Wilde failed to appeal and was accused of "committing serious indecency with other men". According to part 1 1 of Britain's harsh criminal law amendment at that time, Wilde was found guilty and served two years of hard labor in Reading Prison and Bentonville Prison. In the past two years, Wilde stopped his drama creation and wrote a poem "Song of Reading Prison" and a collection of letters "Letters from the Abyss" in prison. In these two works, his style has changed, and it is difficult to find the influence of aestheticism. During Wilde's imprisonment, his wife constance and two children changed their surnames to Holland and moved to Italy, but most of his friends in the social and literary circles avoided him. Only a few people, such as playwright Bernard Shaw, still support him.

On May 1895 and 1, the jury could not reach an agreement on Wilde's accusation, and a juror agreed to bail Wilde. On May 7th, he was released on bail. On May 20th, the case was opened for the second time. On May 25th, Wilde was sentenced to two years' compulsory labor for "serious indecency". He was first held in Bentonville prison in London, and was transferred to Wandsworth prison in London on July 4th,1October 20th, and transferred to Reading prison 30 miles west of London. The court conducted two bankruptcy investigations on Wilde on September 24th and 1012 respectively, and then declared him bankrupt.

After 1897 was released, Wilde went to Paris. He is very disappointed in England and no longer has the slightest nostalgia. For the sake of his two children, he tried to get back together with constance, but Alfred Douglas took the initiative to meet him and said that he wanted to get back together with Wilde, who chose Douglas. When he lived in France under a false name, he finished and published Reading Prison Songs. 1898, Wilde and Douglas traveled together in Italy, but finally broke up. The two people who are back together are not as good as they used to be. After Wilde was released from prison, the scenery was gone, and Douglas began to understand that Wilde was no longer the successful man who was married and admired by everyone. Although they once loved each other and talked all over the world, the wayward Douglas said to Wilde earlier: "If you are no longer the high-flying Wilde, then everything is no longer interesting."

1900, Wilde finally converted to Catholicism with the help of his good friend and former same-sex lover Robert Robbie Ross (Ross was Wilde's first same-sex lover, and Wilde claimed that it was because of Ross's temptation that he embarked on the road of homosexuality. At that time, Ross 17 years old and Wilde was 32 years old. Although Wilde later fell in love with Douglas, Ross loved Wilde for many years and helped him. The ashes after Ross's death were buried with Wilde according to his wishes. In the same year1October 30th, he died of meningitis at the Alsace Hotel in Paris, 165438, at the age of 46. Only Ross and another friend were with him when he died. Wilde's cemetery in Paris was carved into a small sphinx according to the image in his poetry collection "The Sphinx".

At the end of the 20th century, after being smeared for nearly a century, Britain finally gave Wilde the honour of standing as a statue. 1October 30th, the statue of Wilde, sculpted by Maggie hamlin, was unveiled in Adelaide Street near Trafalgar Square in London. The name of the statue is "Dialogue with Oscar Wilde", and it is engraved with a quotation often quoted by Wilde: "We are all in the sewer, but there are still people looking up at the stars." We are all in the gutter, but some people are looking up at the stars. )