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    Cleveland Street scandal: aristocrats Earl of Euston and Lord Arthur Somerset as well as Prince Eddy were revealed to be regular customers at a gay brothel. A year after of this‚ another scandal was aroused by Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which was considered immoral and homosexual by the public. During this time‚ the scandal around Wilde was only at its beginning and it took five years to reach the peak. In 1895‚ Wilde was convicted of “gross indecency” for two years in prison

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    Science is neither good nor evil‚ but in how your use it is what is evil or good. The authors of Br. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ Picture of Dorian Gray‚ Frankenstein show how mankind is evil. The works show how abusing the law of nature and society lead to the destruction of mankind. Science is a toll and its works are based on the tool’s master. The chouses of mankind is determined by the person reflects the person. Dr. Jekyll was a great scientist; he wanted to separate evil and good. He did so

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    A Balancing Act: Innocence & Satanic Evil In a society where beauty trumps a moral conscience there is an unnerving balance of understanding right from wrong. In The Pictures of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde‚ the author writes of a story featuring a young man‚ Dorian‚ who finds himself selling his soul for eternal youth and beauty while getting painted by an upper-class artist‚ Basil. He sells his soul to a friend of Basil‚ Lord Henry. In the novel‚ Basil and Lord Henry emphasizes Dorian’s inner conflict

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    Period 1 Honors English 4 Tragedy of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde‚ involves a man who experiences a dreadful downfall. The story is set in London‚ where an artist named Basil Hallward sees a young‚ wealthy and beautiful man named Dorian Gray. Basil is so fascinated by him that he creates a portrait of Dorian. Dorian then becomes obsessed with the beauty of himself‚ which then causes him to by no means lose it. Dorian first realizes that he will lose his beauty when

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    an infinite theme in almost stories‚ especially in classic series. There is no exception in The Picture of Dorian Gray of Oscar Widle and Wuthering Heights of Emily Bronte. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights are two classic novels written respectively in Victorian era and Romanticism period. These novels are stories which revolve around the love story of the main characters Dorian versus Sibyl and Catherine versus Heathcliff and Edgar. In the aspect of love‚ it is feasible to see that

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    Sibyl Vane’s Symbolic Role In “The Picture Of Dorian Gray”‚ By Oscar Wilde Sibyl Vane plays a symbolic role in The Picture of Dorian Gray; moreover‚ she plays a symbolic role in Dorian Gray’s life. This essay will explore how Sybil’s character initially influences Dorian in a positive way‚ giving him the motive to turn away from decadence but subsequently brings about his downfall. Recurring themes will be discussed such as the aesthetic and references will be given to show examples of Sybil’s

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    Throughout The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Gray is manipulated by the mere words of Lord Henry. Lord Henry’s thoughts on Dorian’s life eventually consume him‚ and by allowing Henry’s views consume Dorian felt as though he was unstoppable. You see this through his rather rash decisions towards the end of the novel. In the end it is simply words that seduce Dorian into his fatal bargain‚ tempt him to explore all sensual experiences and delude him into his attempt to evade the consequences of his

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray Vocabulary List 1 (Q2) Precis (noun): Make summary of. "I know she goes in for giving a rapid precis of all her guests." (Pg. 14) Ravelled (verb): To tangle or entangle. ""How horribly unjust of you!" cried Lord Henry‚ tilting his hat back and looking up at the little clouds that‚ like ravelled skeins of glossy white silk‚ were drifting across the hollowed turquoise of the summer sky." (Pg. 15) Candour (noun): The state or quality of being frank‚ open‚ and sincere

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    US‚ the civil war‚ and he also placed a little bit of God and religion into it as well. This speech also has many memorable quotes and he never thought highly of himself or rejoiced in the ending of the war. The most he talked abut was the meaning of war and what it causes. Lincoln says that "both read the same Bible and pray to the same God.” He specifies using quotes from‚ the Bible‚ such as‚ “The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether” and “Woe unto the word because of offenses

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    Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray is just the sort of book that made Victorian England shiver. This decadent masterpiece is anything but a vehicle for the propagation of middle-class morality. We have in Wilde the ultimate aesthete‚ a disciple of Walter Pater‚ a dandy who in his personal life seems to have lived out Pater’s quiet injunction to "burn with that hard‚ gemlike flame" in experiencing art and‚ no doubt‚ other things. How could Wilde’s book‚ given its affinities with the age’s decadent

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