An Ideal Husband Analysis of characters Sir Robert Chiltern The play’s "tragic" hero‚ Sir Robert Chiltern is an accomplished government official‚ considered by all as an ideal husband and model politician. As described in the stage notes‚ Sir Robert has effected a violent separation of thought and emotion in his personality; moreover‚ he suffers from divided loyalties. Though a portrait of distinction and good breeding‚ Sir Robert conceals a blemished past. Extremely ambitious‚ he succumbed to
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Algernon Moncrieff Algernon‚ the play’s secondary hero‚ is closer to the figure of the dandy than any other character in the play. A charming‚ idle‚ decorative bachelor‚ Algernon is brilliant‚ witty‚ selfish‚ amoral‚ and given to making delightful paradoxical and epigrammatic pronouncements that either make no sense at all or touch on something profound. Like Jack‚ Algernon has invented a fictional character‚ a chronic invalid named Bunbury‚ to give him a reprieve from his real life. Algernon is
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Victorian Values are what this story is based upon in a sense. The Norton Book lays out a format or brief description of the Late Victorians and what the men had to go through to be accepted in society. “The concept of the double life is central to the principal male characters that enables them to indulge in their desires” (Norton 1670). The strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reflects Victorian Values because of the double sided life he lives to be able to complete his desires. He cannot do
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The Role Of Homo-eroticism In The Picture Of Dorian Gray The treatment of homo-eroticism as a theme in The Picture of Dorian Gray is a part of the aesthetic backdrop that structures and also helps to color the novel. It is also used as a way to challenge the hypocritically-prudish surface of the Victorian society. However‚ there is much more artistic and historical value to the use of this theme‚ such as the motif of aestheticism. The idea of homo-eroticism being a part of the Greek culture‚ and
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The Picture of Dorian Gray In The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ Dorian Gray leads a selfish and vain life. After his wish for eternal beauty is granted‚ Dorian’s vanity is fed by the admiration of his peers. In direct correlation of his increased ego‚ Dorian’s actions and treatment of others is self-serving. His vanity and selfish lifestyle begin to take root upon Dorian’s introduction to Lord Henry Wotton at Basil Hallward’s studio and grow until the abrupt end of Dorian’s life. The worship of Dorian’s
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Simple‚ natural‚ and affectionate. These kind words don’t seem to describe the face of a killer‚ but this would be proven wrong as the character of Dorian Gray would end up living a violent and scandalous life. Scenes of violence not only make a work of literary merit all the more interesting‚ but they give the characters of the novel a new dimension to the readers that can’t always be seen by other characters as illustrated in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Dorian’s first scene of violence
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Lauren Cairo Ms. Lampa AP Language and Composition November 23‚ 2014 Beauty at a Price Samuel Johnson‚ an English writer of the 17th century‚ once said‚ “Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves‚ but persuades us that they escape the notice of others”. Johnson implies that people who strive to achieve perfection realize they aren’t perfect‚ but they believe that others think they are which causes them to act as if they are flawless‚ when in reality
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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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Dorian Gray is not fully responsible for his own corruption because Dorian turned into a whole new person after meeting Lord Henry‚ and because of Lord Henry’s words‚ Dorian discovered many things about himself like his interests‚ his childhood‚ his beauty‚ and his youth‚ which was not necessarily a good thing‚ and this lead to the corruption of Dorian’s young sole‚ at the hands of Lord Henry. It starts off in chapter two when Dorian and Lord Henry first start talking‚ and Lord Henry starts mentioning
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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Gothic Literature The Picture of Dorian Gray is not the typical gothic literature‚ but this book does include several elements of gothic literature. Although Dorian’s mansion is not spooky‚ the old‚ secret schoolroom‚ where he keeps the portrait‚ is spooky and is covered in cobwebs‚ which are gothic elements. There are a couple of scenes in the book where the spooky‚ gothic literature themes become present. One of the scenes appeared when Dorian visits the opium house
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