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up solutions to crime. a. true b. false 12) International human rights anizations have cited prisons in the . for practising psychological torture. a. true b. false 13) By the late 198039。 s, the ., far and away, led the world in the rate of incarceration of its own citizens. a. true b. false VI. Related Reading “Can Punishment Be Justified?” by Thomas Ash Lesson 4 The Nightingale and the Rose I. Author Oscar Wilde, the son of the late Sir William Wilde, an eminent Irish surgeon. His mother was a graceful writer, both in prose and verse. He had a brilliant career at Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for English verse for a poem on Ravenna. Even before he left the University in 1878 Wilde had bee known as one of the most affected of the professors of the aesthetic craze, and for several years it was as the typical aesthete that he kept himself before the notice of the public. Oscar Wilde‟s works On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (now in its 25th anniversary edition), as well as Writing to Learn, How to Write a Memoir, Speaking of Journalism, Writing About Your Life: A Journey to the Past and Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir. A novel of his, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, attracted much attention, and his sayings passed from mouth to mouth as those of one of the professed wits of the age. When he became a dramatist his plays had all the characteristics of his conversations. His first piece, Lady Windermere39。 s Fan, was produced in 1892. A Woman of No Importance followed in 1893. An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest were both running at the time of his disappearance from English life. The revelations of the criminal trial in 1895 naturally made them impossible for some years. Recently, however, one of them was revived, though not at a West End theater. Criticism a man of far greater originality and power of mind than many of the apostles of aestheticism undoubted talents in many directions as a typical aesthete that he kept himself before the notice of the public a poet of graceful diction a playwright of skill and subtle humor a dramatist whose plays had all the characteristics of his conversations After his release in 1897, Wilde published “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, a poem of considerable but unequal power. He also appeared in print as a critic of our prison system, against the results of which he entered a passionate protest. For the last three years he has lived abroad. It is stated on the authority of the Dublin Evening Mail that he was recently received into the Roman Catholic Church. In the summer of 1891, Oscar met Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas, the third son of the Marquis of Queensberry. Bosie was well acquainted with Oscar39。 s novel, Dorian Gray and was an undergraduate at Oxford. They soon became lovers and were inseparable until Wilde39。 s arrest three years later. In April 1895, Oscar sued Bosie39。 s father for libel on the charge of homosexuality. Oscar withdrew his case but was himself arrested and convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years of hard labor. January 1893, Babbabe Cliff My Own Boy, Your son is quite lovely, and it is a marvel that those redroseleaf lips of yours should be made no less for the madness of music and song than for the madness of kissing. Your slim gilt soul walks between passion and poetry. I know Hyacinthus, whom Apollo loved so madly, was you in Greek days. Why are you alone in London, and when do you go to Salisbury? Do go there to cool your hands in the grey twilight of Gothic things, and e here whenever you like. It is a lovely place and lacks only you。 but go to Salisbury first. Always, with undying love, Yours, OSCAR Savoy Hotel, London Dearest of all Boys, Your letter was delightful, red and yellow wine to me。 but I am sad and out of sorts. Bosie, you must not make scenes with me. They kill me, they wreck the loveliness of life. I cannot see you, so Greek and gracious, distorted with passion. I cannot listen to your curved lips saying hideous things to me. I would sooner be blackmailed by every rentboy in London than to have you bitter, unjust, hating. You are the divine thing I want, the thing of grace and beauty。 but I don39。 t know how to do it. Shall I e to Salisbury? My bill here is 49 pounds for a week. I have also got a new sittingroom over the Thames. Why are you not here, my dear, my wonderful boy? I fear I must leave。 no money, no credit, and a heart of lead. Your own, OSCAR Bobby, Bosie has insisted on dropping here for sandwiches. He is quite like a narcissus—so white and gold. I will either e Wednesday or Thursday night to your rooms. Send me a line. Bosie is so tired。 he lies like a hyacinth on the sofa, and I worship him. Yours, OSCAR The Wilde case is over, and at last the curtain has fallen on the most horrible scandal which has disturbed social life in London for many years. The cries of Shame! with which the sentence pronounced by Mr. Justice Wills was received, indicate that a certain section of the public in court regarded the verdict with disfavour, and that feeling will very possibly be shared by a section of the public outside. But it is well to remember, that the jury are in a position to form the best and honest opinion. They have heard all the evidence and seen the witness in the box, while outsiders have only newspaper reports—necessarily containing the barest suggestion of the gruesome facts—to guide them. Yet even those who have read the reports and have taken the trouble to understand what lies between the lines, cannot help but feel that Wilde and his associate... have got off lightly. Society is well rid of these ghouls and their hideous。