Comparing Dorian Grey 'And The Picture Of Dorian Gray'

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Obviously, there is no book made into a movie that includes every single episode, speech, or character, so it is necessarily condensed. There are several differences between the book and the movie, The Picture of Dorian Gray. These differences include the rupture with Sybil Vane and his subsequent death, the body of Basil, the reunion with James, the brother of Sybil, and obviously, the death of Dorian Gray. However, both the book and the novel portray the moral lesson and motifs which are corruption, beauty, and youth. In the classic Oscar Wilde, Sibyl was so excited with his wedding which engages a nefarious interpretation of Juliet in his last performance. This fact makes that Dorian humiliating actress, will break the link. Later Sibyl, shattered …show more content…
Later it is discovered shot in the river the body of Sibyl, but it is not clear whether it was murder or suicide. In the novel, Dorian and Basil coincide with Lord Henry as they stroll through the garden of the artist. In the film, Dorian meets Lord Henry at a party organized by the Lord. In the film, Dorian is rid of the corpse of their friend maim it and throwing it into the river. While in the novel, Dorian chantajeara a chemist, Allan Campbell, to burn the body in acid. In the film, Dorian has a pseudo-romantic death. Lord Henry enters the room from the box and discovers his horrific appearance. At that moment appears Dorian, they discussed and discovered that he is the murderer of Basil. After a struggle, Dorian falls unconscious to the ground and in the outburst of fury Lord Henry throws a lamp against the painting. But it falls to the ground and causes a fire in the floor. Lord Henry leaves the room, closing the door and breaks a lamp in such a way that there is a gas leak. At that moment enters the daughter of Lord Henry, current girlfriend of Dorian, looking desperate as her love prepares for an immediate death. Dorian could have come out of the

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