Ji-hyun Park, Jin Kim

Queensberry AffairPIE

How did they love at first sight1895 Trial changed his destinyThey lived happily ever after?After Oscar Wilde died

Collapse of Oscar Wilde : Queensberry Affair

Think!!!

What is Queensberry?

How did they fall in love at first sight ??

1. Oscar Wilde, a writer who was becoming well know The best playwriter and writer of the Victoria era.One of the few artists who were able to become famous.A bisexual who had a wife and two sons : his first lover was his edi-

tor.

Famous pieces The happy prince

The picture of Dorian GreySalome

How did they fall in love at first sight??2. Prodigal university student Alfred Douglas, son of Marquess of Queenberry A pretty handsome man who has a poet and noble debauchee Oscar Wilde called him, ‘Bosie’ Hot-blooded, reckless Alfred doesn’t want to hide their relationship Relationships : A method where he could defy his father.

1895 Trial changed his lifeSlow collapse

Lord Queensberry sued Wilde• Lord Queensberry found several letters written by

Wilde and Douglas which contained sexual expressions

First, Trial was advantageous• At first, he was favorable because of eloquence. • In sequence he failed by rentboys’ testimony

Lose a case • He was incarcerated in a prison workshop for 2 years.• He injured an ear and suffered from after effects his

whole life.

And they lived happily ever after?

- After his prison term, he went to France with Douglas.- However, their love relationship was already over in prison.

- Wilde missed his two sons, Vivian and Siril.- He died in poverty, a infection from his wounded ear.

When he died, all the books he wrote were prohibited from both reading and publishing.

After he died

Alfred Douglas married a woman. But he soon divorced and his son died in madness.

Siril died in WW1 suffering from his father. But Vivian became an author after Wilde.

What about Constance?She died earlier than Wilde. She was left alone for many years.

“WILDE”