Category ''influence'' and its components in context of Oscar Wilde's works

The close of the 19th century is defined as a transitional period. Itwas the time when values changed, creative methods were revised, patterns were broken and the language of culture was renewed. Theworks of Oscar Wilde embodied completely the complicated and conflicting spirit of the fin de siecle age. His texts are notable for theirmultilayer structure, the mixture of the traditional and the new, the attention to folklore, mysticism and mythology together with thereflection of topical problems of reality. The subject of Wilde's investigation is a profound inner life of the man and his soul. Hiscategory ''influence'' becomes important for the author because it influences directly the feelings compelling to make decisions, whichare unmotivated outwardly. In Wilde's works we can find such components as art, beauty, nice appearance, voice, fine gestures, charm,and so on. Voice can affect people greatly. The writer's biographers say that he worked on his speech a lot and contemporariesremembered him as a talented master of the spoken language. In Wilde's works a gentle, melodic, slow voice embodies the magic of theother world. It enchants and like Sirens forces to deny oneself and destroys the human personality. In Wilde's opinion the art is called togive pleasure, create the mood and open secrets of life. Sartorial elegance is also considered by the author to be art and therefore hegives plenty of attention to stage and everyday suits. The stage dress helps to achieve a definite dramatic effect, to express the type ofthe character. The costumes of Wilde's characters are always elaborated and extraordinary beautiful. The influence of art is seen in itsability to change opinions and to form humane attitude towards the world. According to Wilde the woman is given a particular strengthof influence. ''The female issue'' which was aroused to life by new historical conditions was actively discussed in the society at the closeof the 19th century. Wilde thought that social changes have no grounds because women know how to influence men and get what theywant. The same idea can be found in the plays of a Swedish author A. Strindberg, who shows that women govern men. In Wilde's playswomen, who actively influence men, do not get author's positive response. Their beauty, talents, love become destructive for men.Wilde's philosophy of influence reveals that the impact on other people is always destructive for the individual; it brings characters tothe conflict with themselves or society and can entail a crime. The author himself always fights to develop the human inward and soul,at the same time any interference from the outside is negative. Wilde preaches the cult of individuality that draws him close toF. Nietzsche's position.

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