a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is greatly impressed by Dorian's physical beauty and becomes strongly infatuated with him, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Talking in Basil's garden, Dor...
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...
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…
Summary Excerpt Details There are some famous writers at the end of the 19th century who are often mentioned as “decadent”. They have asserted the superiority of beauty and pleasure over all other considerations. Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray presents the aestheticism and ...
CHAPTER 4 One afternoon, a month later, Dorian Gray was reclining in a luxurious arm-chair, in the little library of Lord Henry's house in Mayfair. It was, in its way, a very charming room, with its high panelled wainscoting of olive-stained oak, its cream-coloured frieze ...
Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions How is Dorian Gray described in the book? Dorian is described in the book as perpetually young and beautiful on the outside, but morally corrupt on the inside. Dorian continues to look the same because he wished for only his portrait to age. The port...
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(Dorian Gray, Chapter 20, p.242) Dorian realizes youth is a time in life to be selfish and explore the world around you. He now knows this type of behavior cannot last, but one must mature and move on from such foolish ways. He realizes he has never moved on, but instead he has ...
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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...