tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33870522.post6003587008214475667..comments2023-10-16T06:07:36.176-07:00Comments on kora in hell | letters: oscar wildekora in hellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726109864699114854noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33870522.post-25169186765525158572010-01-20T19:18:18.576-08:002010-01-20T19:18:18.576-08:00Lotusgreen cannot appreciate Oscar's subtle ch...Lotusgreen cannot appreciate Oscar's subtle charm and wit<br />As I can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33870522.post-12643882353595922622007-03-22T10:23:00.000-07:002007-03-22T10:23:00.000-07:00very interesting trix. thanks. it's interesting; i...very interesting trix. thanks. it's interesting; i'm betting all these people with qoute pages with his quotes all think he meant all of them too.<BR/><BR/>you've opened my eyes.lotusgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393867916489599891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33870522.post-14423014730924878832007-03-20T13:42:00.000-07:002007-03-20T13:42:00.000-07:00Ah -- that's the devil with irony! With Wilde, th...Ah -- that's the devil with irony! <BR/><BR/>With Wilde, the surface level of witty reparte is very deceptive. <BR/><BR/>Certainly a character is not the same as the author. We can never assume that the narrator is the same as the author either. <BR/><BR/>Wilde's characters often voice debates about ideas. Sometimes it is obvious what side of the debate Wilde would take -- in the more absurd comedic scenes. But other times Wilde's own views are not easy to determine. The debates on art in Dorian Grey are very complicated. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand it is Dorian Grey who says "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." And we know what happens to him.kora in hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726109864699114854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33870522.post-56264541751308446442007-03-15T23:13:00.000-07:002007-03-15T23:13:00.000-07:00so you don't think he means them himself when he p...so you don't think he means them himself when he puts them in the mouth of a character. (what was i just watching on tv?; every sentence was an aphorism.)lotusgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393867916489599891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33870522.post-29155468790696469862007-03-13T12:12:00.000-07:002007-03-13T12:12:00.000-07:00Many of these sayings are not just tongue-in-cheek...Many of these sayings are not just tongue-in-cheek but they are actually said by characters in his novels or plays!kora in hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726109864699114854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33870522.post-81364966393178785222007-03-10T17:59:00.000-08:002007-03-10T17:59:00.000-08:00one can't help but admire wilde, but i'm not sure ...one can't help but admire wilde, but i'm not sure i like him. i realized sometime in this last year that he often meant nothing by his clever phrases; they often sound startlingly truthful, but i think it's all smoke and mirrors.<BR/><BR/>no of course he didn't deserve his many punishments, and of course, a brilliant and courageous man, but one who took less of a stand with each statement than he appeared to be doing.lotusgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393867916489599891noreply@blogger.com