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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classes in The Picture of Dorian Gray is effectively revealed through the main characters Dorian‚ Lord Henry‚ and Basil. In opposition‚ social classes are seen as possible supplement to beauty‚ wealth and intelligence. The proponents of vanity would say that it is the reoccurring factor in the book‚ being that all of Dorian’s actions revolved around a gorgeous portrait painted by Basil. Dorian’s portrait had changed his behavior tremendously making it seem as though he was overcome by his own beauty
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There are several minor characters in the book‚ but only a few important enough to analyze and of course there is the main character. The difference among the characters is noticeable and you shall see that in regards to: James Vane‚ Sibyl Vane‚ Basil Hallward‚ Lord Henry Wotton‚ and Dorian Gray. James Vane is the younger brother of Sibyl Vane. James from the beginning of his entrance into the novel loves his
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Corruption Through Aestheticism 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. 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
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important clues in the book. When Basil‚ the genius of painting‚ first met Dorian‚ Dorian was merely an honest and innocent boy. “He was certainly wonderfully handsome‚ with his finely curved scarlet lips‚ his crisp gold hair. There was something in his face that made one trust his at once. All the candour of youth was there‚ as well as all youth’s passionate purity. One felt that he had kept himself unspotted from the word. ” There’s no wonder that Basil worshipped him and painted him. So the
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it." Pg.4 Basil had just drawn one of his best portraits and tells Lord Henry that he won’t send it anywhere because he put too much of himself into it. This seems awkward because I thought that artists were supposed to display themselves through their art‚ but Basil finds that the reason not to display his art. "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about‚ and that is not being talked about." Pg.4 This quote is told by Lord Henry to Basil and Dorian after Basil refuses to
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Ravenna‚ a poem which won Newdigate Prize in 1878‚ etc. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel about a young handsome and wealthy man who is corrupted and influenced by Lord Henry Wotton to jump into the new concept of hedonism. He kills his own friend‚ Basil Hallward‚ who paints his picture. His picture changes along his sins. His picture gets uglier and uglier. In the end‚ he is death by accident. Weirdly‚ his picture changes back into its original state which is a picture of a handsome youngman. Writers
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The Manipulation of Art In Oscar Wilde’s‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray and director Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things there was a consistent theme of change. The change developed through manipulation and hypocrisy. In the film The Shape of Things‚ a young artist unethically changes a museum worker in search of the ideal work of art. Whereas in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ a well-known man finds himself changing based on the sins in his own portrait. In The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Shape
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4 Art ...................................................................................4 Education .........................................................................5 SECRECY AND SHAME ...................................................9 Basil/Dorian.....................................................................9 Dorian/Lord Henry/other men .........................................11 EFFEMINACY ....................................................................14 CONCLUSION .....
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homoeroticism accepted as everyday in ancient Greece. First‚ the friendship between Dorian‚ Basil‚ and Lord Henry serves as the backbone of the plot: here we see the Greek aspect of homo-eroticism in that both men‚ Basil and Henry‚ admire a much younger Dorian for his physical beauty. Basil going as far to say that "As long as I live‚ the personality of Dorian Gray will dominate me." However‚ while Basil is shunned‚ Dorian wishes to emulate Lord Henry‚ which in turn‚ rouses Lord Henry from his "characteristic
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