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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1891) - Coggle Diagram
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1891)
PLOT SUMMARY
Dorian Gray, a young man of exceptional beauty, is portrayed by his painter friend Basil Hallward in a painting of extraordinary resemblance.
Dorian was fascinated by the cynical Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian indulges in a life of pleasure without any moral scruple making those who love him suffer.
MAIN CHARACTERS
Dorian Gray
he represents the ideal of youth and beauty
he becomes obsessed with staying young
Represented in Basil's painting
a horrible supernatural chain of events follows
in the end the portrait provides a representation of the degradation of his soul
Basil
friend and has a crush on Dorian
he paints 'Dorian painting'
Lord Henry
cultured man
important figure for Dorian
THE THEME OF THE DOUBLE
THE MORTALITY OF YOUTH AND
BEAUTY
people are astonished by Dorian’s beauty and all of his advantages come from it
morality doesn’t just destroy beauty and youth, it makes them things to treasure and obsess over because eventually they will be destroyed -and has to be
Beauty and death are linked
TIMELESS BEAUTY
SYMBOL - THE PICTURE
STYLE AND NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE
Novel combines supernatural elements of the Gothic novel
Unobtrusive 3rd person narrator
Dialogues reveals character's personalities
Settings: described in great detail, words appealing to the senses