'Of course I'm not like him,' Basil continued. 'In fact, Iprefer not tobe beautiful. Dorian Gray's beautiful face will perhapsbringhim danger and trouble.' 'Dorian Gray? Is that his name?' asked Lord Henry. 'Yes. But I didn't want to tell you.' 'Why not?' 'Oh, I can't ex...
Chapter 2 Covered in "Chapter 1 Explanation and Analysis—Classical Allusion" Chapter 3 Explanation and Analysis—Bacchus and Silenus: The Portrait of Dorian Gray is chock full of metaphors for the power of language—language as sweet music, language as poison, or language as intoxicating drug....
Chapter 1 Quotes “He is all my art to me now.” Related Characters:Basil Hallward(speaker),Dorian Gray Related Themes: Page Numberand Citation:13 Explanation and Analysis: Unlockexplanationsandcitation infofor this and every otherThe Picture of Dorian Grayquote. ...
Yes, I can see that he has a mania for him, his sitter, model, Dorian Gray. The mania is so dangerous that it is swallowing his soul. What is more dangerous is the talk between him and Lord Henry, which apparently has some effect of enducing Lord Henry, the cynical man, to generat...
Preface-Chapter 6 The Picture of Dorian Gray's plot begins with a painter,Basil Hallward, speaking to a friend,Lord Henry Wotton, about a portrait that Basil has just completed. The portrait is of a beautiful young man, Dorian Gray, with whom Basil is a little besotted. Dorian soon arriv...
An analysis of Wilde’s major works. Includes a long chapter dealing with The Picture of Dorian Gray, which emphasizes Wilde’s treatment of psychology. Also includes a discussion of the work’s influence on later writers. Sedgwick, Eve Kosofky. Epistemology of the Closet. Berkeley: University...
Analysis of Dorian Gray's Character At the beginning of the book, Dorian is an innocent and idealistic person. All of that changes, however, when he pays a visit to Basil's studio and views his finished portrait for the first time. Dorian is immediately infatuated with his youthful image ...
Chapter 1 discusses the competing discourses of corruption and the Platonic model of male bonding in the Oscar Wilde trials and the unstable boundary between self-development and influence in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Chapter 2 focuses... D Kuzmanovic - UMI 被引量: 1发表: 2003年 THE SETTING...
The Picture of Dorian Gray(道林·格雷的画像),少年道林·格雷相貌俊美,心地纯良。朋友霍华德为他画了一幅绝美的画像,而亨利勋爵的一席话让道林第一次意识到自己的青春和美。他不禁感叹:“真悲哀啊!我会变老,但这幅画将会永远年轻……如果能反过来就好了!如果永远
CHAPTER VIII. It was long past noon when he awoke. His valet had crept several times on tiptoe into the room to see if he was stirring, and had wondered what made his young master sleep so late. Fin…