blond. Basil Hallward: He had black hair and strong‚ intelligent face. He was a successful artist. He worked hard and painted many pictures. Sibyl Vane: She was small and beautiful‚ with shining brown hair. She worked as an actress. James Vane: He had large hands and feet. His hair was dull and dark. He became a sailor. This story is about a beautiful young man. His name was Dorian Gray. He wasn’t an outgoing person .Basil was the only person Dorian looked as a friend. His friend Basil used
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the corruption of his soul. (Carter‚ R.‚ McRae‚ J.‚ 1997‚ 309) In the first chapter‚ we meet the two major characters of the novel as Basil Hallward the painter‚ who seems to be more attracted by Dorian as a model than as a person and Lord Henry Wotton‚ the cynic who corrupts Dorian and values beauty above all else. Very important aspect of the Basil character is that he is attracted by Dorian on more than a professional level. He finds Dorian very beautiful and pure which causes a later rejection
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Instead‚ he can simply act on them‚ with no care as to how they may affect him‚ since he will not age. This can be seen when Dorian gets fed up with Basil criticizing the painting and how Dorian has no desire to seek repentance‚ and stabs him on a whim. Dorian Gray glanced at the picture‚ and suddenly an uncontrollable feeling of hatred for Basil Hallward came over him...The mad passions of a hunted animal stirred within him‚ and he loathed the man who was seated at the table‚ more than in his whole
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depicted when he calls out Sibyl Vane for her bad acting. Dorian had fallen in love with Sibyl strictly because of the beauty of her presence on the stage that she brought through her acting. On the night that Dorian invited Lord Henry and Basil Hallward to watch Sibyl act; she was off in her performance because all of her focus was now on her love for Dorian. As Sibyl frantically tried to win back Dorian’s affection for her after he shunned her for bad acting‚ he thrust her aside saying that
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The theme of decadence in The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde Staring from the definition found in the dictionary‚ the decadence is a literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism‚ artifice‚ and the quest for new sensations. [1] In decadence‚ important is not necessarily what is seen‚ but the hermeneutics: what man feels when he sees the creative result of this feeling. It is the current that requires a co-operation
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person. Basil Hallward‚ a painter‚ becomes infatuated with Dorian and wishes for him to sit and be painted often. This is evident when Lord Henry Wotton asks how often Basil sees Dorian. Basil responds to him by saying‚ “Everyday. I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day. He is absolutely necessary to me” ( Wilde 11). Basil is not necessarily implying in this statement that he enjoys Mr. Gray’s company as much as he just loves to paint him. In fact‚ the entire time Dorian sits for Basil‚ neither
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this world. The novel begins with discussion about beauty. Basil Hallward (the artist) and his friend Lord Henry have different thoughts about it. Basil is sensitive artist who is painting the portrait of a young man of the immense beauty. They also talked about life in general‚ where Lord mentioned that beauty is the only thing that matters and Basil thinks that only stupid and ugly people live the best. Basil accidentally mentioned Dorian Gray‚ the name of his male muse. He was completely
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Milton). How an individual lives their life is based on numerous things such as: how they were raised‚ what type of environment they are in. However‚ in The Picture of Dorian Gray the main character Dorian says “Each of us has Heaven and Hell in him‚ Basil!” (Wilde 133). What Dorian is saying is that no matter how one is raised‚ and what environment one is in they will always do good and bad. In‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray the character Dorian by nature is a humble charming good- natured fellow; however
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His painted image‚ however‚ asserts itself as his conscience and hounds him with the knowledge of his crimes: there he sees the cruelty he showed to Sibyl Vane and the blood he spilled killing Basil Hallward. It’s a kind of living allegory‚ a visible interpretation of Dorian’s soul. Basically‚ the picture represents Dorian’s inner self‚ which becomes uglier with each passing hour and with every crime he commits. It is the image of Dorian’s true
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Unadulterated innocence cannot stand long without a fall‚ as Wilde emphasizes in the early pages of his novel‚ playing on our knowledge of this universal truth that we all are familiar with from Genesis‚ the first book of the Bible. In Chapter II‚ Basil Hallward has completed his portrait of the young Dorian‚ describing the boy to his friend Lord Henry Wotton as his masterpiece‚ unspotted from the world; much like man was when God created him in the Garden of Eden. However‚ the cynical Lord Henry is soon
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