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    ENGL 112 Analysis on Dorian Gray When analyzing characters in a story readers are often drawn to the character’s personality‚ behavior‚ and psychological state. Exploration on these levels allow the reader to become acquainted with such characters. In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian gray‚ the protagonist is consumed with retaining his youthfulness. The author portrays Dorian as a narcissistic character. Dorian’s deviant behavior is fueled by his obsession to stay young. Lastly we see that

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    Life of Robert Gray

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    Robert Gray Robert Gray was born on the 23rd of February 1945 in Port Macquarie on the North Coast of New South Wales. In primary school‚ his teacher read to him The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham. This was his first literary experience that he remembered clearly‚ although it wasn’t until 15 that he began to enjoy and write poetry. His teacher‚ Hugh McRae‚ who was himself a poet‚ and the well-known poets D. H. Lawrence‚ T. S. Elliot‚ Patrick White‚ Les Murray and Kenneth Slessor were the

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

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    “The picture of Dorian Gray” I want to tell you about the famous novel “The picture of Dorian Gray” which was written by Oscar Wilde. “The picture of Dorian Gray” is the only published novel of this writer. Some words about Oscar Wilde. He was born on the 16 of October in 1854 in Dublin‚ Ireland and died on the 30 of November in 1900 in Paris. He was the second of 3 children. He was an Irish writer and poet. He became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered

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    Aestheticism and Dorian Gray

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    Professor Margaret Wiley ENG160 December 3‚ 2012 A Picture of Dorian Gray: A Queer and Aesthetic Text Oscar Wilde lived in 1800s Victorian England‚ during the Aesthetic Movement. He had been known for his involvement in the movement‚ however more infamously for his crime against homosexuality. In 1895‚ Oscar Wilde had been imprisoned for homosexual offenses‚ and used against him in court was his own novel‚ A Picture Of Dorian Gray. Oscar Wilde’s novel has been argued to function as a queer text‚ a

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    Dorian Gray Narcissism

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    This story centers on Dorian Gray who is concerned with little but appearances. A crucial event in his life comes when Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton in the studio of Basil Hallward‚ an artist‚ who has painted a portrait of the breathtakingly beautiful Dorian‚ now in his early twenties. Lord Wotton intrigues Dorian with his talk of the progression of life and the withering of looks. Dorian fears of the loss of his youth and thinks in terms of a Faust-like proposition‚ in which he expresses a willingness

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    How does Dorian Gray become corrupted? Is he really so innocent? Does he « sell his soul »‚ if so when? Various stages of corruption Dorian is obviously corrupted at first by Lord Henry who tells him his beauty will not last forever‚ and advises him to take advantages of his beauty: “Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let be nothing lost upon you”. For Lord Henry‚ beauty rhymes with youth and Dorian Gray should enjoy his beauty to make new experiences. Lord Henry plays a big role

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ it is controversial whether or not Lord Henry and Dorian Gray are true artists or not. Both are creators of beautiful things and revealers of art‚ yet blunder out from the artistic world and come to the real world. Overall‚ Lord Henry and Dorian Gray do fit the definitions as artists in Oscar Wilde’s perspective by having no desires to prove anything‚ by having to express everything‚ and by having no ethical sympathies. Lord Henry and Dorian Gray are artists‚ according

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    DORIAN GRAY SCRIPT

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    H- Even though the time periods are completely different‚ Dorian Gray and Fight Club correlate more than one would believe. The main characters in Fight Club‚ the Narrator‚ Tyler‚ and Marla‚ have the same general ideas and representations as the main three‚ Dorian‚ Lord Henry‚ and Basil. [Trailer is played] S- The characters in Fight Club show the same manipulation that was taking place in Dorian Gray. The narrator‚ or Dorian Gray‚ is manipulated in to becoming the same self-loving‚ “individual”

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    In the novel‚ “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde is about a young‚ naïve man who corrupted by a hedonistic aristocrat named Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian Gray get corrupted by Lord Henry by being introduced to the hedonistic lifestyle which includes drinking‚ drugs‚ and having many sexual relationships with numerous women. This lifestyle changes Dorian’s life quickly and affects his friends such as Basil Hallward‚ Sybil Vane‚ and even an old friend Alan Campbell. At one point in the story

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    BOOK REPORT Title of Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray Author: Oscar Wilde Main Characters: Dorian Gray‚ Basil Hallward‚ Lord Henry Wotton What’s the story about?   There was a handsome and young man whose name is Dorian Gray. His picture were painted by Basil Hallward. When Dorian saw the picture‚ he was thrilled and he wished that he could stay always as young as his imagine in the picture. His wished was achived. The picture became old instead of him. He started living selfish.

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