The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wednesday June 4th 2013
Love Always Turns Tragic
Love Always turns tragic. The two novels “The picture of Dorian Gray” and “The great Gatsby” shows us why through the love stories they both contain in the novels, greed, as well as how it all ends in a tragedy for them both. People will always want more and never settle for what they have which is where the greed comes in play. Love is like a box of chocolates; you never know what to expect which leads us to tragedy. Tragedy will always occur as long as you don't keep to yourself. Tragic love happens a lot because of these reasons and if there is not a tragedy then there was never really love.
Greed is a bad characteristic trait to have. Love is tragic because some people are greedy with it and they end up in a rut because nothing would be able to satisfy them. The picture of Dorian Gray is a story that contains a lot of greed, which takes a toll for the love Dorian Gray has for a women that committed suicide named Sybil Vane. The book quoted “How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will always remain young. If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that--for that--I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that! Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.” This quote shows that Dorian Gray is a greedy man because he is telling the audience that he would sell his own soul to absorb his youth back. Granted this being said, the great Gatsby has a lot of greed in the story as well. Jay Gatsby comes from having very little but then he hit the jackpot to his life. Jay became one of the richest men of long island New York. Because of his wealth and riches, Jay Gatsby taught himself that more never is always enough, in fact, it never is to him. Even if something in the past
Love Always Turns Tragic
Love Always turns tragic. The two novels “The picture of Dorian Gray” and “The great Gatsby” shows us why through the love stories they both contain in the novels, greed, as well as how it all ends in a tragedy for them both. People will always want more and never settle for what they have which is where the greed comes in play. Love is like a box of chocolates; you never know what to expect which leads us to tragedy. Tragedy will always occur as long as you don't keep to yourself. Tragic love happens a lot because of these reasons and if there is not a tragedy then there was never really love.
Greed is a bad characteristic trait to have. Love is tragic because some people are greedy with it and they end up in a rut because nothing would be able to satisfy them. The picture of Dorian Gray is a story that contains a lot of greed, which takes a toll for the love Dorian Gray has for a women that committed suicide named Sybil Vane. The book quoted “How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will always remain young. If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that--for that--I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that! Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.” This quote shows that Dorian Gray is a greedy man because he is telling the audience that he would sell his own soul to absorb his youth back. Granted this being said, the great Gatsby has a lot of greed in the story as well. Jay Gatsby comes from having very little but then he hit the jackpot to his life. Jay became one of the richest men of long island New York. Because of his wealth and riches, Jay Gatsby taught himself that more never is always enough, in fact, it never is to him. Even if something in the past