God knows; I won't be an Oxford don anyhow. I'll be a poet, a writer, a dramatist. Somehow or other I'll be famous, and if not famous, I'll be notorious. Or perhaps I'll lead the life of pleasure for a time and then—who knows?—rest and do nothing. What does Plato say is the highest end that man can attain here below? To sit down and contemplate the good. Perhaps that will be the end of me too.
The Oscar Wilde 30 Day Challenge
Seeing that everyone has his own 30 day challenge, I thought you’d like this one.
Day 1-Your favorite short tale.
Day 2-Your favorite picture of Oscar.
Day 3-When did you first heard/read his work?
Day 4-Your favorite character from Lady Windermere’s Fan
Day 5-Your favorite play.
Day 6-What do you think of Stephen Fry as Oscar.
Day 7-Your favorite character from Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime
Day 8-Your favorite movie based on one of his plays.
Day 9-Your favorite character from The Canterville Ghost
Day 10- Have you read his essays?
Day 11-Your favorite piece of artwork related to his tales/plays
Day 12-Have you ever seen one of his plays at the theatre?
Day 13-Favorite character from The Importance of Being Earnest
Day 14-Bohemian or Dandy?
Day 15-Another aesthete of your preference
Day 16-Favorite male and female characters over all.
Day 17-Your personal opinion on The Nightingale and the Rose
Day 18-A personal, Wilde-related memory of yours.
Day 19- Personal thoughts on De Profundis
Day 20-Your favorite poem
Day 21-Oscar said that Dorian Gray “contains much of me”: Basil Hallward is “what I think I am,” Lord Henry “what the world thinks me,” and “Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps.” Any thoughts?
Day 22-Your personal opinion on The Decay of Lying
Day 23-What do you think of Bosie? What about Robbie?
Day 24-Fan Art (preferently made by you)
Day 25-Have you ever visited his tomb at Père Lachaise?
Day 26-What do you think of the movie Wilde with Stephen Fry and Jude Law?
Day 27-Your favorite quote.
Day 28-Your personal opinion on The Fisherman and His Soul
Day 29-Do you know who The Sphynx was?
Day 30-Do you think you and him would get along? What would he think of you? What would you think of him as a person?
