The Picture of Dorian Gray

Setting “The Decadent Movement was an artistic and literary movement occurring in Western Europe that portrayed an aesthetic style of satire, critique, and artificiality.--The novel was both written and set in London, England sometime in the 1890s. Dorian travels freely between two major parts in London; the wealthy West end, and the run-down East end.--These two sides of London represent the two sides of Dorian Gray. On the west side, Dorian is a gentleman, the local celebrity. On the East…...

Hook? Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray was a revolutionary work during the time of its publication in the 1800s (1800’s?) for its progressive views while going against the social norms of the Victorian era as well as its support for the aestheticism movement. It made various statements that are prime for analysis and discussion while remaining an entertaining piece of literature showing extreme disregard for Victorian social code, morals, and trends. Transition? Victorian England in the 1800s was…...

This essay is about chapter ten page 104 of the picture of Dorian Gray. I'm going to be looking at plot, theme, character, style and context of this piacular page, I believe this chapter is one of the most crucial chapters as its about how Dorian completely turns away from all goodness and loses himself in the thought of everlasting beauty. All while under the influence of Lord Henry. And this all starts when he is even the "yellow book".On…...

Introduction About The Author Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Anglo-English novelist, playwight, poet and critic. He is often regarded as one of the most iconic people of the Victorian era. He is best known for his works such as the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" and his classic novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Besides that he was known far and wide for his numerous poems, flamboyant wit, intelligence and…...

Comparative Analysis Essay Dorsal Gray & Hamlet Throughout the play Hamlet we see the themes of obsession and good vs.. Evil, Hamlet struggles with his Inner demons until his tragic and untimely death. In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray we meet a character that Is very similar to Hamlet In his continuous struggles with his good vs.. Evil persona and obsession with youth, Many character Is Oscar Wild's, Dorsal Gray represent those of Hamlet. Both Dorsal Gray and…...

When did Oscar Wilde live? 1854-1900 When did George Orwell live? 1903-1950 When did William Goulding live? 1911-1993 What book did Oscar Wilde write and what was it about? Dorian Gray Portree, it was about Dorian Gray who had a portree that was ageing instead of him. Dorian committed sins and he discovers that the painting gets scars and etc for every sin he commits. What book did George Orwell write and what was it about? George Orwell wrote 1984…...

"To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim" Preface - Oscar Wilde "Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope." Preface - Oscar Wilde "The nineteenth century dislike of Realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass." Preface -Oscar Wilde "Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril." Preface - Oscar Wilde "All art is quite useless" Preface - Oscar Wilde "As…...

“If this girl can give soul to those who have lived without one, if she can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly, if she can strip them of their selfishness and lend them tears for sorrows that are not their own, she is worthy of all your adoration, worthy of the adoration of the world” (59). Sibyl has inner beauty and Basil realizes that, but Lord Henry and Dorian only see the…...

In the book “The picture of Dorian grey, Dorian is influenced by Lord Henry and becomes ruined. Then Dorian influences numerous people and makes them ruined as well. Whether the responsibility lies to those who affect others or those who is affected is not easy to determine. However, the one who is affected has more responsibility for their corruptness. It is one’s own job to decide their behavior. Even though, people are surrounded by friends who give negative effects, they…...

Throughout The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian Gray struggles with the desire to stay forever young. Because of all the hardships he experiences throughout his life in order to achieve this he loses his innocence along the way and eventually all of what he has done catches up to him and leads to his suicide. To him, youth is the only thing that has any importance and he does all that he can in order to maintain youthful without understand…...

To an extent, this statement can be agreed with and disagreed with in both texts, as both have elements of underwriting and insignificance within the female characters.. However, we see the subversion of this statement more in The Importance of Being Earnest due to Lady Bracknell's strong female presence and her dominance over the two main male characters Jack and Algernon. Through the different genres of the texts we are able to establish the differences in presentation of the female…...

In the questionable book, "The Photo of Dorian Gray," the only released novel composed by Oscar Wilde, the protagonist Dorian Gray begins to indulge the idea of hedonism from fellow friend Lord Henry. Dorian adores his beauty so much that he wants the painting Basil Hallward is painting of him to grow old in his location. As a matter a truth, the picture does age with every sin Dorian commits, and Dorian's outside look remains the same. The portrait is…...

The two books I have chosen for my open study are: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The first one, written in 1890 by Oscar Wilde, is the story of a young, aristocratic dandy who, influenced by a friend, becomes a hedonistic, selfish man who ends in tragedy. The second, written in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson, is the story of a scientist, Dr. Jekyll, who, under the effect of a potion, mutates into a…...

In the context of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," one of the most noticeable and important motifs is that of the color white and its variants, including, but not limited to, pale and listless. The meaning of this color evolves as the novel progresses, changing in relation to Dorian's character. While the motif may never physically alter in appearance, it succeeds in reversing meaning completely, signifying the great contrast in Dorian's soul between the beginning of the novel and the…...

Throughout his life Oscar Wilde had many strong influences exerted upon him. During his early childhood his mother influenced him and into college some of his professors and certain philosophers left a substantial impression upon him. Into adulthood these influences leaked out in his writing. These influences gave him ample ideas for writing The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde's study of the Hellenistic ideals of Epicurus, his coddled lifestyle as a child and his devotion to the movement of Aesthetics…...

Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is a prime example of hedonism, a movement in the late 1800's that claims pleasure to be the prime goal in one's life. The focus of the novel is the beauty of Dorian Gray, his self-destructive search for pleasure, and the corruption of both the lives he has encountered and his own soul. Beauty and pleasure are the focus of all characters and scenes depicted in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde's timeless…...

Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 to Sir William Wilde and Jane Wilde, the second of three children. Wilde studied at Oxford, and joined the Freemasons in 1878 after failing to join the Oxford Union. After graduation, he went home to Dublin and began writing poems. The Picture of Dorian Gray was his first and only novel. Wilde married Constance Lloyd in 1884 and perished on November 30, 1900 to cerebral meningitis. Historical Information As the second industrial…...

Dorian goes from innoncent, pure, almost christ-like man without sin to a filthy, disgusting sinner who exploits everyone. The original sin pride, which usually is said to be the source of all other sins, gives birth to this new man. In this essay I will discuss how this sin leads to other sins; wrath, lust.... and how these sins affect Dorian as a person, into becoming the terrible one in the end of the novel. Narcissism is a generalized personality…...

In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde demonstrates the corruption of youth by taking the initial innocence of Dorian and turning his values completely immoral under the control of Lord Henry mainly through the use of symbolism. Even though he looks as though youthful and innocent his portrait reveals his truly aging and corrupt soul, this and failure in Dorian not taking responsibility for any of his own actions is what ultimately drives him insane and leads to his…...

To describe the walking dead all of the following apply: soulless, insatiable hunger, actions based purely on instinct; these qualities combined, with or without the rotting flesh, make a zombie but also can be readily applied to the main character of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The novel analyzes the value of beauty and pleasure and poses a very interesting contradiction between the traditional views of morality and quality of life. Dorian, an aesthetic young man, is…...