Manuscript: The podcast shows how a case on homosexual love has ruined the life of the 19th century

British playright, Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde sued his lover's father, Lord Alfred Douglas, for libel, due to his lovers urging Due to his arrogance and complacency resulting from his popularity, he lost the case and was convicted of gross indecency and with other men and imprisoned for two years, held to hard labour. After his release, he immediately left for France and died at Paris The point of telling the story/ the point of persuasion: The witness supports homosexuality as the noblest form of affection and shows empathy for Oscar Wildes case, which had ruined the playwrights life The podcast shows how the 19th century society reacts with homosexuality and how the blind admiration that Oscar had for his lover had got him into the case and ruined his life