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. ... We're subconsciously pressed into falsely idolising the beautiful people and then told that we can be like them if we spend a certain amount of money. ...

• Word Count: 1090
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What might seem unattractive, weird, unusual or unpleasant to you could be one person's desires. ... "Women in general, when seen in public places in all their layers of clothing, seemingly modest or only fashionably and conventionally uncovered, appeared as eroticized objects that called for a double vision: underneath the dress was that extension of white teeth, gloveless hands and secretly glimpsed ankles, that thing of beauty and desire.."...

• Word Count: 3143
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate