Youth And Beauty In The Picture Of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde

The picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel ever to be published by Oscar Wilde. This is a story of depravity, debauchery and acts as somewhat a revolutionary tale. I dived deep into this book rather clueless of what it had in stored for me. Immediately, I was exceedingly entranced by Wilde’s effortless and elegant writing style ,that was always pleasing to the mind and vocally. Every sentence was so utterly perfect that I wished to track every single fragment of Wilde’s creation because it was that faultless. The whole book from the very start is purposed to be contradictory and radical but utterly devoted to aesthetics

The character of Dorian Gray is a adolescent, wealthy and unreasonably captivating. His aura alone captures a multitude …show more content…
He states that youth and beauty is the only two things worth having in life. As a result, Dorian becomes uneasy and unconsciously pledges to trade his soul and morality in exchange for his youth and beauty to reign perpetually (which is granted). His first transition occurs after Dorian’s relationship with Sibyl vane results in a atrocious end that eventually drives her to suicide. Initially, Dorian seemed unaffected by Henry’s influence and appears sincerely in love with sibyl as she ‘could fill your eyes with tears’ because of her ‘mere beauty’. But, Dorian realizes that he was rather in love with sibyl’s acting than her, after being confronted by her decision to leave acting behind. Dorian becomes disappointed and becomes callous towards Sibyl then leaves her behind heartbroken. His painting undergoes the first change which elucidates that the painting will be a true reflection of his soul and conscience. Furthermore, Dorian takes the of approach of viewing sibyl’s death as a necessary event of being a artistic paradigm, he triggers the start of his down spiral into corruption and …show more content…
He enumerates all the beautiful things he discovers such as jewels, tapestries, beautiful woman, instruments ,books and becomes overly fascinated. However good that is, Dorian becomes more and more depraved and unrepentant for all his committed sins and alongside his portrait continues to degrade. Even though, he surrounds himself around beautiful things he remains fully aware of his decadence. Dorian’s split emotions truly highlights the theme of morality vs