Question

Where did Oscar Wilde study after winning a scholarship?

• A. Cambridge University
• B. Harvard University
• C. Oxford University
• D. Edinburgh University

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Oxford University

• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright, best known for his wit, flamboyant personality, and social criticism.

• Full Name: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

• Birth: 16 October 1854, Dublin, Ireland

• Studied Classical Studies at Trinity College, Dublin

• Won a scholarship to Oxford University

• Influenced by Walter Pater (founder of Aestheticism) and John Ruskin (art critic)

• He began writing in various forms during the 1880s

• He became a popular playwright in London in the early 1890s

• Famous for epigrams, plays, and his novel

• He had an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and convicted of gross indecency for homosexuality , imprisoned for two years (1895–1897)

• While in prison, wrote De Profundis (a long letter to Lord Alfred Douglas)

• After release, he wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol

• Wilde was a key figure in the Aesthetic Movement, which emphasized "art for art’s sake."

• His personal life was marred by scandal when he was imprisoned for homosexuality in 1895.

• After his release, he lived in exile in France, where he died in 1900.Reputation was damaged due to his trial and imprisonment

• Lived in exile in France after prison

• Died on 30 November 1900 at age 46