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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY ( OSCAR WILDE ) - Coggle Diagram
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY ( OSCAR WILDE )
the plot( trama della storia )
the novel is set at the end of 19 century hallward and he decides to paint the beautifull the Dorian gray
the portrait starts showing the sings of age while Dorian live an eternal youth
Dorian lives for pleasure and he makes the others suffer forhis insensible behaviou
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when the ainter discovers the currupted portrait,he kills him. he wants to delete the portrait because he shows his corruption but stabbing it he kills himself ( pugnalando il quadro lui si suicida )
at the moment of his death the portrait is restored to its original beauty
Narrative technique
unpbtrusive third person narrator
a technique typical of drama
internal
Analysed the characters
Basil Hallward: he his an intellectual who falls in love with Dorian beauty and innocence
LOrd Henry : he influenced Dorian Gray. he his an intellectual ,who criticism institutions
DORIAN GRAY : he shows the idea of youth and innocence. he looks for a life pf pleauser and sensation
The meaning of the novel
the novel recalls of Faust: he sells his souls to devil in the story of Dorian gray the soul is rappresented by the sings odf corruption of the picture
beautiful people are morale people while ugly immoral
the picture rappresent dorian's double
the moral of the novel
every excess must be punished and reality can not be escaped, the punishment for dorian's sins is tehe death
the restoration of the picture to its original beauty shows wilde's theory : art survives people ,art is eternal