...not the play for you. Salome employs staccato sentences with long, surreal descriptions filled with flowing adjectives. The characters are introspective, openly lustful, and dwell in a Byzantine-esque court, living out their fantasies. Perverse attractions reign: Herod's lusts for his wife's daughter as does a Syrian in the court; she for the frigid prophet Iokannan; the Syrian's friend lusts for him. Murder and suicide is triggered. In my opinion ... ...to chaste detatchment and disgust. Salome plays the role of suppressed artist as well as a young woman on the brink of sexual realisation. The style is unusual and definitely not to everyone's taste, but those who enjoy the decadent, aesthetic style of Baudelaire, for example, will enjoy this. The hyperreal descriptions of jewels and bodies are certainly beautiful in an extravagant way. The play encapsulates the height of late C19 decadence: materialism, ...
Summerfox 21.07.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Salome - Oscar Wilde
Advantages: was in english Disadvantages: Not enough pictures
i used this book to learn how to read, it is a thrilling story which you should most definatly read because it will change the way you think and could even teach you something new. even though this play is by an old dead english man it does have relevance today and is very interesitng. i did find that the lack of pictures was a problem because when i didnt understand the story i couldnt see it in picture form...this would have improved the product. ...
griffinl 01.11.2006
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