Research on "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

Everyone will research and post the following for 3rd marking period Blog as we are about to embark on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray


Aestheticism: a 19th century movement that advocated art for "art's sake"
Decadents: Being in a state of decline or decay
Victorianism: the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.


Biography on Oscar Wilde.
Born: October 16, 1854
Education: Studied classics at Trinity college, Dublin. Won Berkereley Gold Medal. Granted a scholarship to Magadalen college, Oxford.
Married: Married Florence Balcombe
Children: 2 sons Cyril, and Vyvyan
Lovers: Frank Miles, Constance Lloyd, Robert Baldwin Ross, and Lord Alfred Douglas.
Crimes: Convicted of gross indeceny.
Tragedies: Son Cyril dying in WWI and his wifes death.
Death of Wife: After Spinal Surgery in 1898.
Literary Works :
Poetry
Raveena(1878)
Poems(1881)
The Sphinx(1894)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol(1898)

Plays
Vera(1886)
Duchess of Padua(1883)
Salome(1893)
Lady Winderemere's Fan(1892)
A Woman of No Importance((1893)
An Ideal Husband(1895)
The Importance of Being Earnest(1895)


Death: November 30, 1900 (Cerebral Meningitis)

OTHELLO ACT IV (Script)

ACT IV- Scene I


SETTING: MANSION in FLORIDA

[The scene starts in a secluded area behind the mansion]



(Iago and Othello enter the set)
IAGO: Yo Othello, Did you know that Cassio just told me he f**ked your girl?
OTHELLO: What the hell?! That ugly a** b**** slept with my girl?
IAGO: Man, if you don't believe me, I got a plan to get him to open up.
OTHELLO: Alright, I'm down man. Tell me the plan.
IAGO: This is how it's going to go down: First I'm gonna start up a conversation and all you gotta do is hide and listen carefully.
OTHELLO: I got it man, lets go.

(CASSIO enters the scene. OTHELLO is secretly hiding and listening to everything.)



CASSIO: Hey man, what have you been up to?
IAGO: Oh nothing, just chilling, doing the usual. How’s Bianca?
CASSIO: Everything’s good. I mean I know she loves me and everything but I am not ready to settle down. If I have to marry her at this very minute it would not be for love. I still got many wild years ahead of me. Too many gals and not enough time.
(IAGO laughs)
CASSIO: Nah, but on the real side, I like her but I don’t know if it’s love.
(OTHELLO is secretly listening to the conversation that he thinks is about DESDEMONA and not BIANCA)

(BIANCA storms into the room interrupting the conversation)



BIANCA: Give this bracelet back to the slut who it belongs to.
CASSIO: What the hell do you mean?
BIANCA: O shut up, I know you’re screwing around behind my back! Man wh*re!
CASSIO: What–
(BIANCA runs away and CASSIO follows her)
(OTHELLO steps out of the shadows in cool hatred)





OTHELLO: How am I gonna kill him, Iago?
IAGO: Shank that dude.
OTHELLO: How am I gonna kill Desdemona for her slutatious ways? POISON!!!
IAGO: No brother! Poisoning is not the way to go. Strangling is.
OTHELLO: Good, Good!
IAGO: I’ll do you a favor and kill Cassio for you. I’ll get back to you before midnight.

(DESDEMONA appears on the set with LODOVICO her kinsman)



LODOVICO: The Mayor wants Othello to return to New York and Cassio to stay in Florida and handle all the business matter out here.
DESDEMONA (excitedly): Yay!

(OTHELLO storms into the scene)



DESDEMONA: Othello, what’s happening?!
OTHELLO: Shut up sl*t!
DESDEMONA: Othello, if you don’t stop it right now I will leave!
OTHELLO: W****!

(DESDEMONA runs out the scene)
(LODOVICO stands there surprised)




LODOVICO: Othello! That is no way to treat a woman! Go and bring her back!
OTHELLO: DESDEMONA!

(DESDEMONA enters the scene)



DESDEMONA: What?!
OTHELLO: You lying tr*mp! Now Leave!
(DESDEMONA leaves the scene)


ACT IV- Scene II


[The scene starts with OTHELLO and EMILIA in one of rooms in the mansion]






OTHELLO: Yo! Do you know if Desdemona has been cheating on me?
EMILIA: No, why are you saying that? I’ve been around her and nothing shady has been going down.
OTHELLO: Liar!
EMILIA: Look, nothing has been going down. So drop it. You know Dessy has been nothing but loyal to you.
OTHELLO (frustrated): Get the f*** out! Stop defending that wh*re!

(DESDEMONA enters the scene a few moments later.)



OTHELLO (calmly): Come over here Dessy.
(DESDEMONA walks over afraid)
OTHELLO: What are you to me?
DESDEMONA: A faithful wife.
OTHELLO: You damn liar! You’re a whore!
DESDEMONA: Othello! All those rumors are nothing but lies! I can’t believe you’d accuse me of such nonsense!
OTHELLO: Whatever was said in here, stays in here.

(As EMILIA re-enters the scene to check up on DESDEMONA, OTHELLO leaves the room.)




EMILIA: Are you alright?
DESDEMONA: I don’t know if this is reality or just a dream... Can you go look for Iago? I need to speak to him.
EMILIA (suspiciously): Alright…
(IAGO enters the scene a few minutes later.)




DESDEMONA: I really need your advice.
IAGO: Desdemona just leave him alone for now. He has a lot on his mind and he’ll get over it as soon as the air is clear.
(DESDEMONA leaves the room)

(IAGO pulls out his iPhone and calls RODERIGO)




RODERIGO: What it do.
IAGO: I have a mission for you. You will go out and kill Cassio.
RODERIGO: And why would I go and kill a dude?
IAGO: You foolish cat! If you kill Cassio, Othello will be forced to stay here in Florida.
RODERIGO: And I want Othello here because???
IAGO: Desdemona. If he stays here, Desdemona will stay here closer to you. Wouldn’t you like that?
RODERIGO: Fine then I’ll get it done as soon as possible.
IAGO: That’s exactly what I wanted to hear.


ACT IV- Scene III

[Scene starts in OTHELLO & DESDEMONA's bedroom]
(DESDEMONA is sitting in her bedroom in her Victoria Secret lingerie. EMILIA is combing her hair)




DESDEMONA (humming as she looks at the door): The poor soul sat [sighing] by a sycamore tree…
EMILIA: O Dessy stop singing that pathetic song.
DESDEMONA: You don't understand what I'm going through right now. All I've done to him is love him since the day I met him. And all of a sudden I am this whore who cheats on her husband.
EMILIA: Well I'd understand why us ladies cheat on men. We are treated like scums and whores and we have to find us love somewhere else.
DESDEMONA: But I have not done nothing wrong.
EMILIA: It's ok, it will all be fine in a minute.
DESDEMONA: I guess, well I'll just wait for him here. You go and catch some Z's. Night Night.
EMILIA: Night Night

(DESDEMONA now on her bed)




DESDEMONA: Good night, good night. Heaven me such uses send. Not to pick bad from bad, but by bad mend!

[Scene fades]