1. The Aesthetic Ideal In The Picture Of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
... pretense of art so as to live entirely artlessly in this world, only to commit suicide, Dorian tries to give up the causality of life and to live in the deathless (and lifeless) world of art, only to commit suicide, too."(Ellman 316) Dorian becomes so disgusted with this portrait of his soul and his conscience, that he slashes the canvas ... ...
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- Grade Level: High School
