The Picture of Dorian Gray is a reminder to today’s society that we should not base the idea of beauty by ones superficial appearance and materialistic belongings but by a person’s ability to find light in darkness and choose what is right from wrong, without the opinions of others distracting them. This novel also explores the idea that when a person can make a mistake and learn from it is when they are a truly a beautiful person, it employs that one can be a destructive force to themselves if they simply live by the idea that the only thing that betters them is their looks. The main character Dorian Gray is one character that is the best representation of the theme of this novel, he is the most in toon with his materialistic attributes
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King) they lack the ability to make a true connection in person things like online dating which has come very big to the stars of today and everyday regular people are what in an old fashion way demean down the real connection that people are able to make, which is what makes this book such a great connection today’s society. In Oscar Wildes The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Gray is a morally ambiguous character, from his placid was of defining beauty to his inability to form his own opinion Dorian says and does many distraught things throughout the novel but his ambiguity causes the reader to not fully put the blame of his downfall complety on him or to rather blame Lord Henry, which enhances the overall meaning of the novel, that the ability to forgive and learn from ones faults is truly beautiful. What leads to one of Dorian Grays downfall is his inability to love Sibyl anymore. Dorian holds acting on such a higher level than just pure love for a person which causes him to be so cruel to Sibyl Vane which is ironic to his beautiful appearance his words to Sibyl (his first trylly cruel words) almost make him ugly, heightening his ambiguity to the reader Dorian states, “ It was brutal Henry perfectly brutal, but it is alright now I am not sorry for anything that happened to her” ( Wilde 106). By saying that a performance that Sibyl gave was “brutal” and that he …show more content…
Dorian 's submissiveness is a great example of what could happen to someone letting everything the big Hollywood stars do define there decisions and what is morally just. Dorian would hid his pain by only showing his beauty. When Dorian notices that the painting is aging it distraught him and makes him want to turn to a better side of life and leave his cruelty in a way having a slight epiphany, Dorian states “ I will marry Sibyl I will not listen to Lord Henry” ( Wilde 96). Like many people in today 's society Dorian believes that writing down his sins will cure his since of pain and undo his bad in the past Dorian states “ When Dorian had finished the letter he felt that he had been forgiven” (Wilde
King) they lack the ability to make a true connection in person things like online dating which has come very big to the stars of today and everyday regular people are what in an old fashion way demean down the real connection that people are able to make, which is what makes this book such a great connection today’s society. In Oscar Wildes The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Gray is a morally ambiguous character, from his placid was of defining beauty to his inability to form his own opinion Dorian says and does many distraught things throughout the novel but his ambiguity causes the reader to not fully put the blame of his downfall complety on him or to rather blame Lord Henry, which enhances the overall meaning of the novel, that the ability to forgive and learn from ones faults is truly beautiful. What leads to one of Dorian Grays downfall is his inability to love Sibyl anymore. Dorian holds acting on such a higher level than just pure love for a person which causes him to be so cruel to Sibyl Vane which is ironic to his beautiful appearance his words to Sibyl (his first trylly cruel words) almost make him ugly, heightening his ambiguity to the reader Dorian states, “ It was brutal Henry perfectly brutal, but it is alright now I am not sorry for anything that happened to her” ( Wilde 106). By saying that a performance that Sibyl gave was “brutal” and that he …show more content…
Dorian 's submissiveness is a great example of what could happen to someone letting everything the big Hollywood stars do define there decisions and what is morally just. Dorian would hid his pain by only showing his beauty. When Dorian notices that the painting is aging it distraught him and makes him want to turn to a better side of life and leave his cruelty in a way having a slight epiphany, Dorian states “ I will marry Sibyl I will not listen to Lord Henry” ( Wilde 96). Like many people in today 's society Dorian believes that writing down his sins will cure his since of pain and undo his bad in the past Dorian states “ When Dorian had finished the letter he felt that he had been forgiven” (Wilde