Obsession In Dorian Grey, By Oscar Wilde

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming back and back and back to the same question and never get an answer (Norman Mailer). In “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer tells the story of Chris McCandless. McCandless came from a loving family consisting of his father Walter, mother Billie, younger sister Carnie, and family dog Buck. At a young age McCandless liked to keep to himself and was a little bit antisocial. However he still got along well with all the other kids in school, he had many friends and almost all the kids loved him.

Oscar Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, revolves around a young man who has his wish of eternal youth granted. His age and sins are absorbed by his portrait, while he remains youthful and physically untouched. Ultimately throwing immortality away by not living as a proper human with morals, but by sullying his soul, demonstrated by the growing hideousness of his portrait throughout his his life. Wilde by using foil characters, choice of diction to employ emotional response, and an allegory within his novel, showcases human nature’s susceptibility to corruption. Surrounding the protagonist, Dorian Gray, are two juxtaposing characters: Basil Hallward and Henry Wotton.

Oscar Wilde’s The picture of Dorian Grey’s novel is about a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and believes his beauty should not be wasted and it is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enslaved by Lord Henry's world view. He shows him a new hedonism, and suggests the only things worth following in life are beauty and fulfillment of the senses. When he realizes that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian feels a desire to sell his soul to ensure the portrait that Basil has painted would age instead of him. Dorian's wish

The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel laced with sin, treachery, and raging battles of inner conflict, is Oscar Wilde’s sole novel. Considered immoral and scandalous upon publication, the book centers around a young man named Dorian Gray, who does not age or reflect the darkness of his heart outwardly, and instead a portrait of him bears the damage his destructive life wreaks on his soul. However, the meaning of the story extends past the simple fact that Dorian lives a life of immorality—he walks the path that takes him there with his two friends, Basil Hallward and Lord Henry Wotten. The two attempt to guide and influence Dorian throughout the novel in their own ways, and are a vital piece of Dorian’s tale. Basil and Henry act as character foils as well as a symbolic angel and devil for Dorian Gray’s character, and also contribute themes of choosing one’s own fate.

Oscar Wilde was a creator many literary works including plays, poems and books. Though the most infamous piece he has done was The Picture of Dorian Gray. It was first published in 1890 and was seen in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (The Picture of Dorian First Published Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, bl.uk). The book was about a young man named Dorian Gray who gets a portrait done for him by a man named Basil. Then he “wishes (and receives his wish) that his portrait ages while he remains youthful and lives a life of sin and pleasure.” (Oscar Wilde Biography, Biography, 2015) From then on there are themes of love, beauty, suicide, murder, and youth. “The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your

Throughout the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde tells a tale about a young man named Dorian whose entire life changes after he meets Basil Hallward, who paints a portrait of Gray that ultimately leads to Gray’s demise. At the same time, Dorian also meets Lord Henry, who eventually plays a bad influence over Dorian. The portrait shows the man Dorian has become

The book was, in part, a reflection of Oscar’s life. Filled with scandal, pain, love, and despair, it could be a mirror. What Wilde wrote was never just a story, but instead a reflection of his soul. It reflects what you think and feels, as was the case with Dorian Gray. The book has had a lasting influence for this reason and several more. The subtext is one of these. Everything Wilde Wrote had another story inside of it. Dorian Gray was no exception, and that is part of what makes it so influential and so very fascinating. It starts with the title. It was the first clue into the story behind the book. Wilde excelled in Greek and Roman studies, and it was no accident that the main character was to be named Dorian. The Dorians were a part of the Greek people long

In this novel, beauty and youth reign over everything. In Victorian period, The Picture of Dorian Gray was characterized as scandalous and immoral. Typical idealistic image of behavior and modesty inherent to old time Victorian England was discredited in the novel. The Picture of Dorian Gray contained radical ideals for the period of time it was written. Dorian represents all what was disgraceful and forbidden condemned in Victorian

Staring from the definition found in the dictionary, the decadence is a literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations. [1]

In The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, a young and once innocent character, named Dorian Gray, struggles to find who is he. Self- Discovery is one of the main themes in the novel. Dorian Gray, throughout chapters 1-12, gradually loses his innocence through discovering who he is. Dorian Gray sees the painting and though everyone finds it beautiful, Dorian says it is not and wishes he would never grow old. Dorian after losing his innocence, never wants to grow old, he wants to be young forever. Young Dorian Gray takes other people’s views, especially Lord Henry’s, and makes a little more extreme, but in the process, he lost his innocence and will never be able to get it back.

     The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde. The genre of this novel can be classified as a comedy of manners or a gothic novel. The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in 1890 in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. Another version with an additional six chapters was published in 1891. One of the major themes in the novel was the Supremacy of Beauty and Youth. A very attractive man has a portrait painted of himself, and after being warned of the mortality of his youth the man, Dorian, trades his soul to remain young while his portrait bears the markings of his age and evil deeds. Dorian becomes increasingly evil thoughout the novel, while constantly being encouraged by Lord

The 19th century is a period in time where homosexuality was not favored by society. It is seen as vulgar and inappropriate to behave in this sort of manner, and it results in spending time in jail. Wilde struggles to be himself when he begins his practice of homosexuality and finds himself into deeper trouble. After his wife leaves him, he develops a different view on women and begins to criticize them based on his wife’s actions. Living in a world where homosexuality considered illegal, Wilde addresses this situation by creating The Picture of Dorian Gray to illustrate his opinion on sexuality and his judgement on women. Oscar Wilde has secretly intended to write this novel to inform the reader of how homosexuality has affected him.

In chapter 20 of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Dorian reflects on his past crimes and wonders whether he will ever change and retrieve his innocence again. Throughout the final chapter of the novel, the elements of Gothic novel that Wilde explores conveys the idea of the pursuit of individualism. Dorian’s wild, racing emotions clearly show how much he is driven by his readiness to fulfill his desires under any circumstance. Through this, the use of specific words and punctuation markings highlight Dorian’s personal yearning of removing himself from his past.

In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde is able to show how possessions can change a man so drastically. Over the course of the book the readers examine how many items such as the painting, the yellow book and much more, shape and alter Dorian from being outgoing, likable, and overall good to secluded, manipulative and most of all deceitful. Dorian gray has many motives for being deceitful that help develop the characters, and change the way they interact with each other.

Throughout his life Oscar Wilde had many strong influences exerted upon him. During his early childhood his mother influenced him and into college some of his professors and certain philosophers left a substantial impression upon him. Into adulthood these influences leaked out in his writing. These influences gave him ample ideas for writing The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde's study of the Hellenistic ideals of Epicurus, his coddled lifestyle as a child and his devotion to the movement of Aesthetics and Moral Ambiguity have produced one of the most astounding works of horror fiction.