1. OSCAR WILDE RESEARCH Sayed Moh’d Shubbar Mrs. Timm 12D January 19, 2013

2. INTRODUCTION  Irish writer and poet.  Became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.  Only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.  Imprisonment and early death.

3. EARLY LIFE  Born: 21 Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland. 16 October, 1854.  Father: Sir William Wilde.  Mother: Jane Wilde.  Second of three children.  Father was well educated and was an ear and eye surgeon.  Mother wrote poetry for Irish newspaper.

4. EDUCATION  Homeschooled until the age of 9.  Attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen.  Scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin.  Left Trinity for scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford.  Applied for Oxford Union, but was rejected.  Placed first in finals.

5. CAREER  Playwright  Novelist  Poet  Editor  Critic

6. PERSONAL LIFE  Married to Constance Lloyd in 1884.  Two sons.  Had affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed ‘Bosie’.  Bosie became love of his life.  Marriage ended in 1893.

7. LATER YEARS  Sentenced to two years of hard labor in 1895.  Wrote De Profundis in prison.  Wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol upon release in 1897  Died in 1900

8. CONCLUSION  Very famous writer and playwright  Good life in the beginning.  Great parents.  Hard life during the end.

9. WORKS CITED Wilde, Oscar, and H. Pearson. "The Life of Oscar Wilde." (1949). Kaminski, André. The Life Of Oscar Wilde. GRIN Verlag, 2005 Pearson, Hesketh. The Life of Oscar Wilde. Methuen, 1954. Hart-Davis, Rupert. "The Letters of Oscar Wilde." London: Rupert Hart-Davis(1962).

10. WORKS CITED "The Official Web Site of Oscar Wilde." The Official Web Site of Oscar Wilde. N.p., n.d. Web. "Oscar Wilde Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 05 Jan. 2014. "Ten Ten Interesting Facts about Irish Literary Legend Oscar Wilde." IrishCentral.com. N.p., "Wordly Obsessions." Wordly Obsessions. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2014.

11. WORKS CITED "Oscar Wilde Biography." Biography of Oscar Wilde. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2014. "Oscar Wilde." - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2014.