Notes about O. Wilde's Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (6/6/12)

The Preface to Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray is a work of literary criticism. It is important because it is considered the manifesto of the Aesthetic movement.
Its function is to explain the reader the main elements of the movement and here the writer discusses new ways of art. Throughout the manifesto Mr Wilde wants people interested into art to know new ideas about it and offer them a new writing style that may respond to their feelings and necessities.

Notes about T. Hardy's Jude the Obscure Videos

In the three videos there are different parts of the film edit together.
The director edits parts of the film because he wants to present the development of the plot. At the end of the film there is a black frame with the name Jude: in this way he underlines the main character and also the end of the film.

Narrative works are ways to make theatre: tragic heroes live a downfall, due to a flaw. Jude's flaw is to not be able to control his instincts throughout rationality.
In the novel, Jude and Sue are not able to adapt to their society, so they fall. Mr Hardy's Jude the Obscure may be considered a criticism towards Victorianism and a social criticism to institutions that do not allow people to express their necessities and feelings. The name "Jude" is a symbol: he betrays Victorian values and he is "obscure" because he commits sin. He does not act, but he is subjected to everything.