The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary of novel: Dorian Gray, the beautiful, talented, charming young man, has managed to capture the hearts of both men and women alike during nineteenth-century England. ... Historical Significance: In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde doesn't hesitate to make reference to previous literary works or historical events. ... When The Picture of Dorian Gray was published, England's reading public was expanding to include the most minor of citizens - the working class. ... Dorian Gray, the main character in the novel, has a complete lack of morality...

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In, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," the main character Dorian acquires a thirst for youth that eventually dominates his life. ... Like Narcissus, the portrait represents an image of him, but unlike his Greek counterpart, the picture presents Dorian with a microscope to the quite horrific reality of his inner self. ... Finally, if anything, The Picture of Dorian Gray proves to its readers that the need to be beautiful is a recurring concept of life. ... The desperation to do anything in order to retain beauty not only presents itself in Dorian gray but in today's society as well, allowing be...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde which expresses the desire for eternal beauty and youth, which is a representation of today's society and its fixation on appearance. ... This is an example of how The Picture of Dorian Gray represents modern day obsessions with beauty and how vain people can become when the realisation of their own physical attractiveness becomes aware to them. ... This example shows the current selfishness in comparison to that used and examined in The Picture of Dorian Gray. The last concept that is used in Dorian Gray and is a modern-day issue is...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is an excellent novel about vanity and influenced lifestyle. Dorian gray is a very inflencial perdson and when Lord Henry tellds him how precious his young life is dorian vbegins to worry. ... In the begining you can sesce something wrong with Dorian. ... when he stabs the picture it goes back to the way it originlally was and his is found by his servants dead on the floor qwith a knife through his heart. ... So read the Picture of Dorian gray and find out where the evil lies in you....

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In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, the main character Dorian Gray, turns into an sick and twisted adult by means of cursing his fate and pledges his soul only so that he could live without bearing the physical burdens of aging and sinning. ... Dorian Gray at the beginning of the novel is known as radiantly handsome, impressionable, and wealthy young gentleman. As the novel progresses, Lord Henry's influence over Dorian grows stronger. ... The major conflict in the novel is that Dorian Gray, having promised his soul in order to live a life of perpetual youth, must try...

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In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, the main character Dorian Gray, turns into an sick and twisted adult by means of cursing his fate and pledges his soul only so that he could live without bearing the physical burdens of aging and sinning. ... Dorian Gray at the beginning of the novel is known as radiantly handsome, impressionable, and wealthy young gentleman. As the novel progresses, Lord Henry's influence over Dorian grows stronger. ... The major conflict in the novel is that Dorian Gray, having promised his soul in order to live a life of perpetual youth, must try...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is as well known for its theater production as it is for its book. ... Dorian and Basil both act the same in the book and the play. ... The portrait of Dorian is the main subject that The Picture of Dorian Gray is set around and is that way in both peaces. It is painted by Basil and is a gift to Dorian. ... As you can see both versions of The Picture of Dorian Gray are very similar to one another yet still have there little differences. ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of moral corruption by the means of aestheticism. In the novel, the well meaning artist Basil Hallward presets young Dorian Gray with a portrait of himself. ... "If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! ... Because Lord Henry is responsible for influencing Dorian Gray, he is partly the cause of the death of Dorian (5810). ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel including a moral dialogue between conscience and temptation that is powerfully conveyed. ...

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Although the wealthy class was revered and respected in society, one author, Oscar Wilde, chose to capture and satirize its life and ideals through his literary works, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. ... In both The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, British high society, representing superficiality, seduces common men. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, society, manifested in Lord Henry Wotton, seeks opportunity to transform a common man, Dorian Gray, to that of "superior social stature," through its powerful influence. ... Initially re...

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Oscar Wilde explored this theme in his book, The Picture Of Dorian Gray. ... Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray lived during a time when appearance and status were paramount. Gray had everything; wealth, influence, youth, and intelligence. ... Lord Henry told Dorian "To me, beauty is the wonder of wonders. ... Dorian's vanity was out of control. ...

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After analyzing both Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, it is quite apparent that Victor Frankenstein and Dorian Gray's narcissism cause much evil, death, and destruction. ... His narcissistic concentrations on his own superficial and materialistic qualities, coupled with the lack of ethics are part of the cause of his evil and destruction (Gillespie, Ethics and Aesthetics in The Picture of Dorian Gray). It may seem that in Wilde's, The Picture of Dorian Gray, there is only one man who causes evil through his narcissistic actions, th...

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In the preface of Oscar Wilde's novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray", there is a list of many guidelines which he proposes dealing with art and such topics. ... Basil Hallward is an artist who paints a portrait of the young and beautiful Dorian Gray. ... Lord Henry states that "It is the real Dorian Gray, that is all." ... The revelation of Dorians beauty to himself begins the ruining of his character. His wish that he could remain young and the picture turn old is realized, and as the novel continues, Dorian's many sins seem apparent in the face of the painting. ...

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"To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim," writes Oscar Wilde in the famous preface of his classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. ... In The Picture of Dorian Gray, reality sometimes appears strangely unreal. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is to be considered as nothing but a masterpiece and not many books have impressed and bewildered me as this one. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray belongs to none of these. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is an ardent novel, filled with love, death, sin and dark human psychology. ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is ranked among the most prominent examples of aestheticism in the nineteenth century literature, with its protagonist Dorian Gray and Lord Henry's aesthetic lifestyles. This essay's purpose is an interpretation of the philosophy and ideas of Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray. ... The picture in The picture of Dorian Gray symbolizes at the same time Basil and Dorian's hidden souls. ... His ideas of Art for art's sake, are expressed in the preface of The Picture of Dorian Gray where he argues that : "There is no such thing as a moral o...

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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY The Picture of Dorian Gray was a movie that went through the life of a young man. ... Dorian Gray (the protagonist) was of some significance, had a character flaw, and his own character flaw inevitably resulted in his demise. Dorian Gray was a young man of his twenties. ... Dorian Gray went from a quiet, well-respected man to a lonely questioned outsider. ... Dorian Gray was the exact guidelines for the ideal protagonist in a tragedy. ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is Wilde's only novel. ... (Wilde 92) The Preface in The Picture of Dorian Gray was written as an answer to the critics. ... What Dorian Gray's sins are no one knows. ... Not just in the Picture of Dorian Gray but also in many other Wilde works we find the topic of double life. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray could be considered not only a novel but also a philosophical work. ...

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Society throughout history has influenced people and behavior, in the novel "The Picture of Dorian Grey," by Oscar Wilde we find this most prevalent. ... To the aesthete, the ideal life mimics art; it is beautiful, but quite useless beyond its beauty, concerned only with the individual living it" (Duggan, The Conflict Between Aestheticism and Morality in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray). ... Duggan also explains, "Rather than an advocate for pure aestheticism, then, Dorian Gray is a cautionary tale in which Wilde illustrates the dangers of the aesthetic philosophy ...

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Throughout the first section of The Picture of Dorian Gray, there are many references of Dorian Gray and Lord Henry influencing each other. Dorian Gray is greatly influenced by Lord Henry while Dorians influence on Lord Henry is much more subtle. ... From the moment lord Henry and Dorian Gray met, Lord Henry was very interested in Dorian. ... In conclusion, Lord Henry has had a huge influence over Dorian Gray, while Dorian's influence over Lord Henry is very small. ... All of this shows how influential Lord Henry is when it comes to the once innocence of Dorian Gray....

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As Oscar Wilde's first and only novel, the importance of The Picture of Dorian Gray is undoubted. ... At the beginning, Basil painted a portrait of Dorian Gray and sent it to him as a gift. ... Dorian was able to maintain his youth even at the age of 38, while the picture recorded all his sins. ... Dorian's ever-young appearance aroused many rumors, but there was no proof, except the changing picture. ... However, the picture returned to its origin it showed the young beautiful Dorian while the ugly figure was killed lying on the floor. ...

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"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a philosophical novel, written by writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. ... The yellow book is a gift to Dorian from Lord Henry. ... ("For years, Dorian Gray could not free himself from the influence of this book.... Nonetheless, all of them cannot remain indifferent towards Dorian. ... " (149) Hallward's idolatry of Dorian, and ultimately murder, is yet another example of Dorian's immoral influence. ...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray was written in the Victorian age time period where drugs, crime, prostitution, and homosexuality were all illegal, although it was very common in that current society. This influenced the establishment of the character Dorian Gray, a man who falls into crime and other immoral behaviors. ... Dorian Gray held a secret that was deeper than any person would ever anticipate. Basil Hallward, an artist and friend to Lord Henry, becomes obsessed with Dorian Gray and wants to paint a portrait of Dorian. ... They find a recognizable, beautiful, youthful Dorian in the pic...

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(Tindall 7) Basil Hallaward speaks about an abstract art in "The Picture of Dorian Gray":"Art is always more abstract than we fancy. ... (Wilde, qtd. in Neill,279) Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was first published in 1891, but it still continues to fascinate us with its depiction of one of society's overwhelming obsessions - the cult of youthful beauty. ... (Wilde 15)He refuses to display the portrait of Dorian Gray with the explanation that, "I have put too much of myself into it" (Wilde 7). ... Gray. ... The picture ceases to mirror his external beauty an...

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The texts I have covered this year "The picture Of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, "Prize Giving" and "The Glass Jar" by Gwen Harwood and "The Door" by Miroslav Holub all have circumstances which have influenced self change, some positive experiences causing negative change and some negative experiences causing positive change. Circumstances can influence positive change for many, this is especially true for the protagonist Professor Eisenbart in the poem "Prize Giving" the circumstance is the girl shooting the owl, in the Oscar Wilde text "The Picture Of Dorian Gray" it is where Basil Ha...

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At the time when The Picture Dorian Gray came out, it met with infinite criticism and aroused such public indignation that it was considered totally immoral. ... Whether explicitly or implicitly, The Picture of Dorian Gray does bear Wilde's mask. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray includes the aesthetic element that Wilde represented. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray, as its analysis reveals, is a dedication to his life. ... The obvious moral for Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray was that all excess, as well as renunciations, bring its own punishment. ...

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