Dorian Gray syndrome

Picture of Dorian Gray” has many interpretation of the meaning of art and responsibility of an artist. For Basil Hallward art should only represent beauty and the artist should only be the bridge allowing people to see the beauty of the world. “An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them. We live in an age when men treat art as if it were meant to be a form of autobiography. We have lost the abstract sense of beauty.” (Page 68) Yet, Dorian Gray was…

contaminated soul. When one's soul begins to rot, a monster within emerges, for both of their monsters began as pure souls who were unaware of the evils of the world. When the soul gets contaminated by evil, it begins to transform into a monster. Dorian Gray’s inner monster begins to arise when Lord Henry inserts a fear in him (that if he sins too much it will start to show on his beautiful face and he cannot afford that), and so he vows to never let his burdens physically show on his body.…

In Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry is portrayed as an artist, while Dorian Gray is portrayed as the canvas in which Henry paints on. In the beginning of the novel, Dorian’s first meeting with Lord Henry immediately shows how easily influenced Dorian’s character is. Lord Henry’s charismatic manner in speaking captivates Dorian causing Dorian to “never [take] his gaze off him” and be put “under a spell.” By captivating Dorian, Lord Henry is able to take advantage of…

Setting: Time and Place of Oscar Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel written by Oscar Wilde. The story first appeared in the 1890 summer edition of Lippencott’s Monthly Magazine. At the time, it was highly criticized for its immoral and scandalous content. Wilde revised the novel in 1891 before it was published by Ward, Lock, and Company. The story takes place in London, England during the…

Art and the pursuit of beauty are two of the primary driving forces of Oscar Wilde’s famous novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Art is aesthetically pleasing because it is essentially anything created predominantly for the purpose of being beautiful. Whether a painter, an actress, an orator, or even an opera singer, each artist in the novel is depicted as most beautiful when observed through their art. Reality, the shared apparently physical space in which all individual universes seem to be…

Society Corrupting Everyday People in The Picture of Dorian Grey Corruption: Perversion of integrity. Oscar Wilde tries throughout his novel The Picture of Dorain Grey to warn people about the corruption society is capable of. Oscar Wilde had experienced torment and brutality during his lifetime, due to the outcomes of people’s opinions of his work. It was thought that his novel was used as a way to “manipulate and corrupt young men with whom he had past history with,” (Watkin). This court…

presumes that he has fifty more to live. He wishes to appreciate nature’s beauty during the time he has left: “And since to look at things in bloom/ Fifty springs are little room” (Housman 9-10). The genuinity of the speaker can be contrasted with Dorian Gray’s lack thereof: “How sad it is I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never…

evoke change through understanding. Throughout The Picture of Dorian Gray, it is very easy for one to relate to at least one of the characters given their situations, circumstances, and feelings. This may be true because Dorian Gray, especially, is flawed like the rest of society. As a general society, people tend to see themselves in the worst light. It is often said that “you are your own worst critic.” This is especially true for Dorian Gray. After seeing a portrait of himself, painted by his…

beneath the surface is revealed. Nassaar states, "In The Picture of Dorian Gray, fate also exist, but it is not external force. Dorian is presented as being predetermined by his personality" (Nassaar "Lord Arthur Savile 's Crime"). The cause of Dorian Gray 's death was a result from the inability to function with the understanding that all those who adored him could never take him serious at the person he was trying to become. Dorian couldn 't stand living with the idea that as long as he lived…

the Deterioration of Dorian Gray Everywhere in someone’s life there are external forces that change them in some way or form. Whether they are good or bad, the person will remain changed for the rest of his/her life. In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, the main character, Dorian Gray, is the epiphany of all that is beautiful within the human genome. His two friends, Basil Howard and Lord Henry, influence Dorian into good/bad decisions and philosophies. Dorian received a…