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    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray define monsters as disturbing criminals that initiate sinful acts. When labeling someone as a monster‚ they are automatically categorizing them based off of their appearance. Although‚ humans fear to further investigate what a monster really is. Literary works have been able to incorporate fictional characters to reflect the human’s worst side. If Dorian Gray and the Creature are truly monsters‚ then why is society negatively

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    Throughout The Picture of Dorian GrayDorian Gray struggles with the desire to stay forever young. Because of all the hardships he experiences throughout his life in order to achieve this he loses his innocence along the way and eventually all of what he has done catches up to him and leads to his suicide. To him‚ youth is the only thing that has any importance and he does all that he can in order to maintain youthful without understand the repercussions of his actions until it is too late. One

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ written by Oscar Wilde‚ begins with an introduction of witty sayings discussing the question of if art has any use; and if it does‚ what are its implications. Likewise‚ "My Last Duchess"‚ written by Oscar Wilde’s Victorian contemporary Robert Browning‚ also delves into these provocative questions. Both The Picture of Dorian Gray and "My Last Duchess" explore the question of whether art has a moral element or whether it is only a purely meaningless application of the

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    Dorian Gray to Poe

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    OSCAR WILDE’S GOTHIC: THE PRESENCE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts with a Major in English in the College of Graduate Studies University of Idaho by Peter Stegner August 2007 Major Professor: Gary Williams‚ Ph.D. ii AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT THESIS This thesis of Peter Stegner‚ submitted for the degree of Master of Arts with a major in English and titled “Oscar

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    the sweet bitter taste of reality. An extraordinary young‚ handsome gentleman that goes by the name of Dorian Gray will soon taste reality under a new perspective. Oscar Wilde‚ who is the author of “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” shows us how certain people can influence us to think and ct differently. After a brief summary of the novel will reveal that the theme mainly used is two faced. Dorian has to balance between good and bad and can’t seem to get the hang of it. You’ll see that characters are

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    “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‚ Dorian mentions

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    Throughout the novel‚ The Picture of Dorian GrayDorian destroys the lives of multiple people through his slow progression of becoming evil. Through his words‚ actions‚ and relationships with Sibyl Vane‚ Alan Campbell‚ and Basil Hallward he brings their lives to an end by eroding the content of their character. In fact‚ his self-destruction originates by partaking in the evil acts Lord Henry has influenced him to perform. He was once a charming‚ kind‚ young boy who everyone loved‚ and evolved into

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    Dorian Gray Individualism

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    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 he should seek‚ and Lord Henry Wotton represents the sinful life he desires. Through Lord Henry’s views of radical individualism and the beauty of his own portrait‚ Dorian Gray’s

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    Aestheticism and Dorian Gray

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    Donahue 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

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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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