"To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim," writes Oscar Wilde in the famous preface of his classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. ... In The Picture of Dorian Gray, reality sometimes appears strangely unreal. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is to be considered as nothing but a masterpiece and not many books have impressed and bewildered me as this one. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray belongs to none of these. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is an ardent novel, filled with love, death, sin and dark human psychology. ...

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"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a philosophical novel, written by writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. ... The yellow book is a gift to Dorian from Lord Henry. ... ("For years, Dorian Gray could not free himself from the influence of this book.... Although Dorian's behavior and personality change throughout the progression of the plot according to the influence by Lord Henry and various other symbols in the novel, he exerts influence to those around him as well, using the means of his beauty, which frequently concludes in their death, or downfall. ... " (149) Hallward's idola...

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Dorian Gray: The Successes and Failures of the 1945 Film The Picture of Dorian Gray is a brilliant yet controversial novel in its times for its immoral views. ... It is quite evident from reading the novel that one of the most important symbols is the picture of Dorian Gray. ... I turned halfway round, and saw Dorian Gray for the first time. ... The 1945 film of The Picture of Dorian Gray, was a good success for its taste in horror and suspense. ... The importance of the picture of Dorian Gray as well as the theme of evil is apparent in the film, making it a success. ...

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Whether explicitly or implicitly, The Picture of Dorian Gray does bear Wilde's mask. ... The way the reader is introduced to sins and shame is particular in The Picture of Dorian Gray, since Wilde has made use of the aesthetic element to be the symbol of the immorality, which Victorian critics could not stand. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray includes the aesthetic element that Wilde represented. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray, as its analysis reveals, is a dedication to his life. ... The obvious moral for Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray was that all excess, as well as renunciations, br...

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(Tindall 7) Basil Hallaward speaks about an abstract art in "The Picture of Dorian Gray":"Art is always more abstract than we fancy. ... (Wilde, qtd. in Neill,279) Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was first published in 1891, but it still continues to fascinate us with its depiction of one of society's overwhelming obsessions - the cult of youthful beauty. ... (Wilde 15)He refuses to display the portrait of Dorian Gray with the explanation that, "I have put too much of myself into it" (Wilde 7). ... Gray. ... You might be its visible symbol."...

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(Tindall 7) Basil Hallaward speaks about an abstract art in "The Picture of Dorian Gray":"Art is always more abstract than we fancy. ... (Wilde, qtd. in Neill,279) Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was first published in 1891, but it still continues to fascinate us with its depiction of one of society's overwhelming obsessions - the cult of youthful beauty. ... (Wilde 15)He refuses to display the portrait of Dorian Gray with the explanation that, "I have put too much of myself into it" (Wilde 7). ... Gray. ... You might be its visible symbol."...

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The article on Barbershop is the perfect example to describe what Oscar Wilde meant in The Preface to The picture of Dorian Gray. ... "All art is at once surface and symbol"(11), "those who read the symbol do so at their peril"(11)....

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-p. 91 If Zorba were a symbol of a truly happy man, which seems to be at times, then this statement is clearly false in the context of this novel. ... In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian Gray led a life of sin and materialism, and because of this he had to die in the end. ...

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Furthermore, this paper examines the psychological themes, motifs and symbols available in the story. ... Discussion At First, when Poe wrote this short tale he called it "Life in Death" but later he changed its title to "The Oval Portrait" .As an overall picture or a summary for the plot of the story, the setting is in an abandoned chateau in Apennines, Italy. ... He also finds a volume discussing about this picture which starts like this: "She was a maiden of rarest beauty, and not more lovely than full of glee. ...

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It is a symbol of the Jekyll Hyde relationship. The characteristics of his home could represent parallel symbols of traits found in his personality: "The Street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. .....

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Symbols are a person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself. ... I chose this quote as an example of a symbol because the ears stand for how far Gawaine has came and what he accomplished. 12. ...

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