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    Oscar Wilde‚ author of The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ was an Irish author who lived from October 16‚ 1854 until his death‚ at the age of 46‚ on November 30‚ 1900. He attended the Trinity College in Dublin‚ Ireland and the Magdalene College in Oxford‚ England. Mr. Wilde was an active member of the aestheticism literary movement‚ during his day‚ although he lived during the Victorian Era. In The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ there are many passages or episodes that hold key meanings in the book as a whole‚

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    over his friends‚ with the single exception of myself” (Basil). Unfortunately‚ Dorian Gray does not keep this advice in the back of his mind; Dorian Gray is a man open to principles‚ ethical or not. Dorian Gray is easily influenced by others. For example‚ Henry tells him that a man should live out his life while he is young. “If it were I who was always to be

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    Oscar Wilde’s‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray and director Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things there was a consistent theme of change. The change developed through manipulation and hypocrisy. In the film The Shape of Things‚ a young artist unethically changes a museum worker in search of the ideal work of art. Whereas in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ a well-known man finds himself changing based on the sins in his own portrait. In The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Shape of Things people who consider

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    fictional characters to reflect the man’s worst side. Similarly‚ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray define monsters as disturbing creatures that provoke terror when misbehaving in a iniquitous form. As a result‚ humans are classified monstrous

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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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    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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    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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    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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    satisfy it provide innumerable opportunities for psychological analysis‚ and no other work of literature is human vanity more explored than in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Beauty and the importance of it is the found as the central idea for literature of the 1890’s time period and in The Picture of Dorian Gray through beautiful objects‚ people and experiences. As the novel opens the importance and centrality of beauty to this novel become evident immediately. The lush descriptions

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