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Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 - Coggle Diagram
Oscar Wilde 1854-1900
life
the dandy is an aristocrat, whose elegance is a symbol of the superiority of his spirit (freedom).
beauty had no moral standing.
adopted the "aesthetic ideal" --> "My life is like a work of art"
born in Dublin
rejected the didacticism of Victorian novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
Dorian, influenced by Lord Henry Wotton, leads a life of pleasure. while his desire for eternal youth is satisfied, the signs of age and vice appear on the portrait.
late 19th century London. Dorian Gray, a young man whose beauty fascinates the painter, Basil Hallward, who decides to paint his portrait.
Dorian wants to get rid of the portrait, a witness to spiritual corruption, and stabs it, but in doing so kills himself,
then the image returns to its original purity, and Dorian's face becomes old
themes and style
internal perspective
corrupted picture
symbol of immorality of the middle class;
the Dorian's innocence
symbol of aristocratic hypocrisy
restored painting
symbol of art, eternal