We Are All In The Gutter But Some Of Us Are Looking At The Stars Lady Windermere

In act 3 lord darlington lady windemere s friend is talking to mr.

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars lady windermere. Here we have the patent wilde wit depth of observation and humor. We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde. It draws up irresistible imagery and symbolism from juxtaposition of gutter and stars. George bernard shaw brendan behan lady gregory george farquhar hugh leonard dion boucicault brian friel charles macklin.

Especially the we are all in the gutter part. I bet the first line in the heading tipped you off as much as it did to me. To me the quote is inexorably coloured by the conversation and darlington s rejected love. James s wilde was targeting a fashionable upper middle class audience and wilde maps out the geography of their world grosvenor square curzon street the park with precision.

Inspirational optimism perception pessimism. Consider the wistfulness of that image of someone lying in the gutter but gazing up at those bright stars in the. Gutter looking some stars us. No lady windemere s fan is a comedy of manners written by oscar wilde.

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars. Inscription from lady windermere s fan we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars at his public monument in london. I was wondering why would oscar wilde say something like that. This is the second play by oscar wilde i ve ever read.

Dumby a man who thinks all people are good. Download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets. Gutter and stars the two different worlds poles apart the mud and the heaven. No we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

Well that is no business of yours is it cecil. Quotes to explore i ve learned that people will forget what you said people will forget. Oscar wilde quotes quotable quote we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde lady windermere s fan tags. It s a delight to read.

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the stars. We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde. And again it is beautifully and brilliantly written. We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.