19th century- oscar wilde (1 Viewer)

[whyteface]

i am doing ballad of reading gaol for a related text. i really need help. how can i relate issue of law, punishment, jail etc to paradigms or ways of thinking? does it even relate?

 

[shazran]

perhaps the questioning of punishment of different crimes as there was a large focus on liberal humanism and an individuakls happiness in the C19th .. l

 

[luridlysteph14]

I'm planning on using Picture of Dorian for a supplement text, and I have the whole marriage/society thing down pat in my head, but I'm looking for something a little deeper than that.

I hope my teacher begins to go into more detail about the 19thC, because I feel like I'm struggling outside of P&P which is relatively easy to relate.

So, we can talk about the happiness of individuals within the constraints of their society?