Read this excerpt from oscar wilde's the picture of dorian gray.
the picture of dorian gray
by oscar wilde (excerpt)
you have only a few years in which to live really, perfectly, and fully. when your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats. every month as it wanes brings you nearer to something dreadful. time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses. you will become sallow, and hollow-cheeked, and dull-eyed. you will suffer ah! realize your youth while you have it. don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. these are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. live! live the wonderful life that is in you! let nothing be lost upon you. be always searching for new sensations. be afraid of a new hedonism—that is what our century wants. you might be its visible symbol. with your personality there is nothing you could not do. the world belongs to you for a
which gothic theme is portrayed in this passage?
a.
descent into madness
b.
unrequited love
c.
fading beauty
d.
life after death

In this passage from Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gary,” the Gothic theme that is being portrayed talks about fading beauty.

So the correct answer is Option C.

Explanation:

Wilde in this excerpt is addressing the reader and telling him/ her to live the years of their youth completely and perfectly without complaining about failures or listening to the tedious. He talks about the cruelty of time which slowly rips one away from one’s youth. He also speaks of the sudden realisation one has about ageing and the fear of not having accomplished anything. He is motivating the readers to live their youth and their lives to the fullest leaving behind any kind of fear as the time that goes away never comes back.

she was killed in her home during hurricane katrina. b.she was relocated to another town after hurricane katrina. c.she died trying to get victims of the hurricane to safety. d.she is still missing — police do not know where she is.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)