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companion, Basil Hallward. They ate, drank, and talked together in the luscious garden of flowers, day by day. This peaceful and monotonous life was home to them: that is, until Basil began work on a special painting of Dorian. “Just look at him,” whispered Lord Henry, an acquaintance to the two. “Abusing your kindness so freely,” he said to Dorian. “It’s what he wanted, Harry. As an artist he must paint of what he finds beautiful,” he replied.…

saw his portrait painted by Basil Hallward, and desires for beauty and pleasure after listening to the words of Lord Henry. As Oscar Wilde moralized, these three main characters in this novel are all punished due to their excess or restrained emotion, which refutes…

external influence. Dorian Gray’s corruption results from the influence that Lord Henry Wotton and Basil Hallward possess over him, because as this influence increases, Dorian’s morals deteriorate, even while his appearance maintains its youthful appearance. Dorian primarily succumbs to Lord Henry’s influence. Critic Arundhati Sanyal explains that each time that Dorian…

Oscar Wilde wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1890 during an era in British history when immoral actions and values were to be hidden. When the book was first published the issue of the main characters' -Dorian and Basil- sexualities, became a very pressing issue for the book not to be printed for the masses. The British culture, centered wholly on facade, wished to keep its reputation as being the most pure civilization and display its highest morals, even though there were the underlying…

Introduction to Author Oscar Wilde was a Anglo- English author, playwright, novelist, critic and poet. He was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England, known for his brilliant wit, flamboyant style. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine can be clearly summarized by the phrase ‘art for art’s sake’. In 1890, he…

The life of herbs When growing up I was always surrounded by interesting herbs but nothing stands out like basil, parsley and mint. My father being an Italian who loves food and being in the culinary industry as a small manager of a market team for Unileaver’s food and beverage department he was never shy to try new things. I can remember growing up and all recipes he stock piled from books and magazines with pride and how excited he was when he found a new recipe to add to the pile. But even…

Moral Development Outline – The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde I. Dorian Gray’s moral decay begins with painter Basil Hallward’s discovery of him and the subsequent collision of influences Dorian faces. A. When Basil first meets Dorian, Dorian’s purity and untainted youth capture the imagination of Basil to an almost dangerous extent that eventually harms Dorian. 1. When Basil confesses he “couldn’t be happy if [he] didn’t see [Dorian] every day” (Wilde 7), Wilde suggests the…

Human sexuality and sexual orientation is the most natural phenomenon that can occur, in our modern times it is natural for young adults to explore and experiment with their own sexual curiosities. Today literary works of the sexual genre can be sold in any public facility and no one would think twice about it. But during the days of their publication novels like, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “Dracula” were not precisely considered to be moral readings. Nonetheless, these publications…

beauty, scientific genius, and psychological genius. Sibyl killed herself after abandoning her acting career for the beauty of Dorian Gray, who met her only a few days before. Even Basil the painter is stabbed by Dorian, after trying to help Dorian regain the purity of youth, the reputational and superficial beauty of whom Basil had for himself (in the book’s beginning). Dorian’s mentor, Lord Henry, is famed for his bold philosophical stances, but is unable to be thought of as more than an…

England during the 1890s, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde tells the tragic story of a young and beautiful man named Dorian Gray. Artist Basil Hallward becomes infatuated with Dorian and his beauty after capturing a glimpse of him at a party. Basil invites Dorian over to paint a portrait of him, but Dorian is soon swept under the influence of Basil 's friend, Lord Henry Wotton. He tells Dorian that beauty and youth are the essence of humans ' existence, and because of that, Dorian 's…