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Picture of Dorian Gray - Coggle Diagram
Picture of Dorian Gray
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Themes
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Mortality
Nobody can avoid their destined mortality, although dorian appears never raging until his final moment, he cannot escape his mortality.
Life stops when one ages
Glorification of mortality at a younger age, people's beauty will be trapped eternally
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Innocence
Dorian's Innoence becomes corrupt with the influence of Lord Henry and his outlooks on society.
Trapping of innocence of all of the people who Dorian caused death to at a young age (primarily Sybil Vane)
Allows for the want to follow Baser Urges
His Primary innocence is what made him so appealing to basil
Morality and ethics
Dorian's conscience is constantly at war, less so in the end where he more so accepts the facts (his former innocent self and his corrupt self battle, basil and lord Henry.
Dorian's and characters in the novel change moral scales depending on the actions and circumstances
Responsibility
Is Dorian himself to blame or should influencers such as Lord Henry be the main ones to be held accountable?
Transformation
Dorian Undergoes a massive transformation from his original innocent and beautiful self to something that is grotesque on the inside (Henry and Basil stay mostly unchanged)
Sexuality and Sexual identity (Homosexuality)
Basil and Henrys Desire for spending time with Dorian with Basil having a more romantic/pure admiration for him
Social influence and Society
No accountability is held towards Dorian because of society's favourability towards beauty, appearance, ignoring how Dorian acted because he still looked innocent.
Dorian only interacts with people who see life as meaningless without pleasure and carries on this ideal towards young impressionable people
Dorian is able to abandon his morals even through Basil's warnings
Role of women in society
The text considers women as either too mindless or too clever by Lord Henry
Lady Victoria and Henry lead different lives 'women are a decorative sex'
Setting/Objects
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Dorians Collection (Jewels, tapestry etc)
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