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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY (PLOT (AT THE END OF THE BOOK , AFTER 2 MURDERS…
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY
THE PREFACE
deals directly with art, artists, critics, and audience
it speaks about the importance of beauty according to the Aesthetic movement.
art is quite useless: it exists for its own sake as art ("art for art's sake") and not for some moral purpose.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."
The preface sets the tone and the language of the book
PLOT
IT IS THE STORY OF A RICH , BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG MAN AND HIS PORTRAIT MADE BY A PAINTER
DORIAN MAKES A PLEDGE (VOTO) HE WILL BE YOUNG AND HANDSOME FOREVER, BUT THE PORTRAIT WILL CARRY THE SIGNS OF TIME
DORIAN HAS A HEDONISTIC LIFE ( DEDICATED TO THE CULT OF BEAUTY) BUT ALSO OF PLEASURE, CRIMES, VICES AND CORRUPTION
GOING ON WITH TIME DORIAN IS ALWAYS YOUNG AND BEUTIFUL BUT THE PORTRAIT CARRIES THE SIGNS OF HIS MORAL SINS
THE PORTRAIT IS THE REFLECTION OF HIS SOUL
AT THE END OF THE BOOK , AFTER 2 MURDERS, (ONE IS THE PAINTER WHO DISCOVERED THE DEAL THAT DORIAN MADE), DORIAN STABS HIS PORTRAIT
BUT HE DIES UGLY AND OLD WHILE THE PORTRAIT GOES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL BEAUTY
COMMENT
THE NOVEL HAS CLEAR CORRESPONDENCE WITH DR. FAUSTUS AND HIS PLEDGE WITH THE DEVIL
THE THEME OF THE DOUBLE IS PRESENT
DORIAN APPEARS INNOCENT AND BEAUTIFUL
THE PORTRAIT SHOW HIS REAL NATURE
CLEAR CRITIC TO VICTORIAN HYPORYSY, OUTSIDE IN SOCIETY PEOPLE HAD TO BE PERFECT, BUT INSIDE THEIR HOUSE WERE CORRUPTED AND FULL OF SINS