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This is why art’s role in society is to allow an artist to communicate a message and express beliefs, so the audience can create their own interpretation of the art and therefore reflect their own nature in the work. During the Victorian Era in England, refined sensibilities and traditional customs were followed by most of society. However, Oscar Wilde was a prominent figure in opposing these ways of life with his flamboyant appearance and contempt for cultural values. While he was an…

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is about the usher household which only had two surviving members which are Roderick and Madeline Usher. Roderick Usher is a man filled with fear of dying and is worried about his family name going extinct. Madeline Usher is the last female in the small household of Usher and is the sister of Roderick. Madeline has a very strange cataleptical disease which makes her stay sleep for long times which makes it hard to tell if she's alive or not. In "The Fall of the…

with his family and he was very jittery. Krasner gave him some pills which may have been to calm him down. In 1949, Life magazine did an article on Pollock, which helped his notoriety. After the article, Pollock had a solo art show at the Betty Parsons Gallery. Things seemed to be turning around from him. In the movie, Krasner advised that there was a review in the “Magazine of Art” of Pollock’s work that was much better than a review done on his work five years prior. She said, his work was…

Silenced “The jury have found the defendant Guilty. James Williams, you’re sentence is 10 years imprisonment” The hardwood of the gavel hitting the block cracked into the air. It was final. “The court is adjourned.” *** The typewriter awaited like a trusty old friend. It’s keys were reassuringly heavy and mechanical. They danced to their own rhythm, as each crisp white sheet of paper became a work of art. “I saw poets erode into the darkness of America’s insecurities.” A work of…

Esteemed ladies and gentlemen of the jury. (sweeping gesture to jury) I implore of you to use this time while I explain once and for all why my client is clearly innocent, to take a good look at Mr. Dorian Gray and ask yourself whether this is the face of a murderer, or the type of kind young gentleman that you would have tea with or go to the opera with. Although I truly believe that just the charming attitude and looks of Mr. Gray should and are enough to prove his innocence, as someone who…

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…

Throughout the tragic and enlightening novel The Picture of Dorian Grey, by Oscar Wilde, the author uses a morally ambiguous character in order to highlight the universal truth that if someone lives a life of reckless self indulgence, then both the person and their friends will be corrupted and ruined. The portrait of Dorian grey features a morally ambiguous character, Dorian Grey, who is convinced to live a hedonistic lifestyle and pays for it with his life in the end. At first Dorian is…

A Closer Look at Dorian Gray and Griffin/Rodney Skinner: Character Analysis Essay The members of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen thought they had everything all figured out. They thought Dorian Gray was dedicated, trustworthy member and Rodney Skinner was the villain. Little did they know it was actually the opposite. In their respective books, the authors portray Dorian Gray and Griffin as protagonists. Characteristics of both of them include: wicked, unique, and mysterious. While Dorian…

Chapter Eleven begins as many years pass after Dorian starts his new lifestyle of excess, luxury, and beauty. He is influenced by an old yellow book, and Lord Henry. Many, many people gossip about Dorian but, as soon as they see his face, they don’t believe that it the rumors could be true, due to his good looks. Sometimes, Dorian goes to the room which holds his painting to look at it. The portrait version of himself has become ugly, old, and bloated to reflect his sins. He even looks at his…

As once stated by Bernard Malamud, “The purpose of the writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” It is a known fact that society is highly influenced by the media and other forms of literature and art that it consumes. Being aware of this, it is the writer’s responsibility to produce work to positively influence society and to prevent its own downfall. Malamud is correct in this statement because it is up to the writer to counteract the negative influences that society consumes.…