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The picture of dorian grey
Aesteticism
the preface is its manifesto
the narrator reveals the main themes of the novel:
art and his nature and purpouse
Art for art's sake
his role is not to play a social role
art should conceal the artist
art is usless
no function apart from being scene and enjoyed.
So, the value of art is purely aesthetic
The artist is the creator of beautiful things
he is not interested in communicating his ideas to mankind
he writes only to please himself
characters
Dorian Gray
ideal of youth, beauty, innocence
become obsessed to remains youth
when his wish becomes true
a chain of superatural events happens
deeply influenced by lord henry
becoming an art work
his vanity and selfishness ruin him
Lord Henry Watton
cultured and intellectual
he talks about philosophy, art,life
strong influence on dorian
Basil Hallward
the painter of the portrait
he wants to protect Dorian from lord henry
to guide dorian in the name of his innocence
example of good artist who sacrifice himself for art.
Sybil Vaine
themes
THE MORTALITY OF BEAUTY AND YOUTH
Dorian becomes aware of time, and his own beauty as a thing that will fade.
time, he wants desperately to keep it
in this way beauty and morality become things to treasure and obsess
eventually they will be destroyed
SURFACES, OBJECTS AND APPEARANCES
Characters’ identities and fates are decided by their appearance.
the owner of the theater of Sybil and his own theater
everybody worn veils of societal roles and costumes
they describe each other only with the appearence
INFLUENCE
a persuasive power
the whole course of events can be viewed as a domino-like influences
the vocabulary, the attitude and the aspect