inaugurate’s new features of an certain status. Robert Gray and Christo Erasmus‚ both explore the concept of self discovery but alter the discovery to being either new and refreshing or challenging and confronting. “Journey‚ North Coast” written by poet Robert Gray‚ demonstrates the self discovery of a concealed environment. This influences the persona’s demeanour to an undulate and stimulating psyche. However‚ the poem “The meatworks” by Robert Gray‚ and short film “The Pencil” (TROPFEST) directed by
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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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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
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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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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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“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s own nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for” (Wilde 20). This statement sets an ironic tone for Oscar Wilde’s novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray. In the beginning of the novel‚ Dorian Gray’s mind is a blank slate. However‚ as the novel progresses‚ it is made apparent that he is constantly undergoing self-development as he is influenced by the ideas of morality that surround him; Basil Hallward represents the soul-fulfilling goodness
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What role does art play in The Picture of Dorian Gray? What are each of the three main characters’ attitudes towards art? How do they think art functions in society? The role of art in The Picture of Dorian Gray is that of romance. It brings a romantic sensation into an otherwise dark tale about a young man‚ Dorian Gray. His portrait was painted so perfectly‚ it mesmerized him into a love hate relationship not only with himself‚ but with the artist‚ Basil Hallward and with his closest friend‚ Lord
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(including word choices‚ syntax‚ and distinctive metaphors or patterns of imagery) to two of the following texts: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”. What purposes do these different styles serve? You should ground your argument on careful analyses of at least one significant passage from each text you discuss. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”: Literal images Figurative images Symbols: The author’s attempts to represent areas of human experience that ordinary language
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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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Dorian Gray Persuasive In my opinion a person’s outward appearance does not necessarily reflect who he/she is inside. How many times have you thought someone acted and lived a certain way just by looking at them‚ but then got proven wrong after getting to know them? How many times have you thought someone looked very unapproachable but turned out to actually be the opposite? What a person looks like on the outside could be completely different from their personality. There are people in the world
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