context

• voice

  unapologetic

  defiant

  confessional

  reflective

  hope for self realisation
• context

  Oscar Wilde - imprisoned

  2 years hard labour due to convicted homosexuality

  his lover a lord

  father against his relationship

  love letters used as evidence`

  rebels against victorian ideas of morality

  prison conditions terrible

  writing for himself to accept who he is
• context

  Oxford - male students only

  homosexuality - evil, sin