it is no less than a denial of the soul"- polyptoton of 'deny'- feels that people have to accept themselves as a product of their experiences. what are the last two points? "to deny ones own experience is to put a lie into the lips of ones own life. what was" ruinous advice?" those who advised him to "forget who I was"- Hyperbolic and declarative shows how he has constantly been taken advantage of by those who know less.
"whatever realised." "is right" - declarative and linking through alliteration. Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis one of the greatest love letters ever written Written towards the end of Wilde’s incarceration, De Profundis is bitter, seductive, hurt and passionate. where do wee see him withhold information? "the important thing, the thing that lies before me, the thing that I have to do"- diacope of 'thing' shows the confusing period in which he has had to reflect on the elements of his life what triadic construction does he use? "maimed, marred or incomplete". why did he turn "the good things of his life to the evil and the evil things in his life to the good"? "in my perversity and for perversity's sake"- diacope, antimetabole- referencing Bosie who he toxically latched onto. what were the two great turning points in his life? "when my father sent me to Oxford and when society sent me to prison"- passive voice shows himself as victim. what are the main senses of voice in Wilde's letter? - narcissistic. Who let him write the letter and why? while in prison the new guard, Nelson, thought this would be cathartic compared to physical labour.
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