The Picture of Dorian Gray is Wilde's only novel. ... (Wilde 92) The Preface in The Picture of Dorian Gray was written as an answer to the critics. ... As Wilde later wrote in one of his letters: ˜Each man sees his own sins in Dorian Gray. What Dorian Gray's sins are no one knows. ... Dorian's beauty has a great impact on people; ˜Men who talked grossly became silent when Dorian Gray entered the room. ...

• Word Count: 1890
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of moral corruption by the means of aestheticism. In the novel, the well meaning artist Basil Hallward presets young Dorian Gray with a portrait of himself. ... Although Lord Henry states that, "all influence is immoral" (Wilde 18), he nonetheless drastically changes Dorian Gray. ... If Lord Henry's aesthetic ideas have validity ,Dorian Gray's portrait should not become ugly, but rather more beautiful. ... Because Lord Henry is responsible for influencing Dorian Gray, he is partly the cause of the death of Dorian (5810). ...

• Word Count: 1332
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Gray and Faustus" Self-Destruction In the novels Doctor Faustus and Picture of Dorian Gray the authors develop the main characters into showing their downfall in life caused by their self-centered corruption. ... On the surface, Dorian Gray is an example of a typical ideal aristocrat during the time which Oscar Wilde lived in. ... In the novel Portrait of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde emphasizes on the value of innocent beauty and uses Gray as an example of how this beauty can have the power to cause a person to become self-centered. ... Dorian Gray "sold himself to the devil for a pretty ...

• Word Count: 1755
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• Grade Level: High School

The relationship between Good and Beauty as well as Life and Art in ThePicture of Dorian Gray In my essay I am going to examine how appears in The Picture of Dorian Gray the question of "Beauty- and, what is strongly related to it especially at Wilde, the question of art. ... In The Picture of Dorian Gray Beauty is connected with Innocence. ... The environment changes in accordance with Dorian's mood. ... Lord Henry went to the garden and found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms, feverishly drinking in their perfume as if it had been wine."" ... That shows ...

• Word Count: 2278
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• Grade Level: High School

This is quite unusual being that "The Picture of Dorian Gray" centers on the love between a young man and woman). ... Outside, the day may be blue and gold, but the light that creeps down through the thickly-muffled glass of the small iron-barred window beneath which one sits is gray and niggard. ... Most of which comes from Wilde's work The Picture of Dorian Gray. Dorian Gray is often read as an explicit proclamation of the worthiness of living life by aesthetic values. ... In the novel, Lord Henry prompts Dorian to embrace the elegance of said belief. ...

• Word Count: 1444
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Sibyl Vane, too embodied the characteristic of self-sacrifice, she kills herself because of her love for Dorian Gray. ... Sybil Vane, a character in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is another memorable character. ... Sybil is a Shakespearean actor, but performs badly because she had lost her inspiration for acting due to her love for Dorian. After seeing her performance, Dorian rejects her. It is at this point that Dorian notices that the painting has changed. ...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Robert Louis Stevenson's famed novel "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," is an interesting one on several levels. Dr. Jekyll created Mr. Hyde so he could fulfill instinctual desires that were considered wrong in his society without criti...

• Word Count: 1609
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1. Setting is the time and place of the story. One page 165, the story says, "Of all the pupils at knight school..." I chose this quote as an example of setting because the story takes place at the knight school in medieval times. 2a. Characterization is a technique used by writers to create the character. ...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School