... 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. After conversing with cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian makes a wish which dreadfully affects his life forever. "If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that I would give everything! Yes, there ... tried to mold it, as dictated by aestheticism. Of all the protagonists, Dorian's downfall is the most clearly recognized. A young man who was pure at the beginnin...

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... and exercise of the will. The environment changes in accordance with Dorian's mood. At the beginning we can see Dorian as a happy, vigorous young man so the surroundings adapt to this state. "The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering ... room. Lord Henry went to the garden and found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms, feverishly drinking in their perfume as if it had been w...

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... seems to be several. Besides the book's message that I, going against Wilde, have tried to take out, one cannot escape the fact that The Picture of Dorian Gray is also a very entertaining novel. Briefly, the plot goes as follows: After have met the painter Basil Hallward, who is absolutely fascinated by the young man's untouched beauty and his innocence, Dorian Gray is sitting for a portrait in the artist's studio. One day Dorian, easily ... suggestible because of his youth, is introduced to Basil's cynical friend ... ...

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