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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY - Coggle Diagram
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
IN THIS NOVEL WE FIND THE CHARACTERISTICS NOT OF THE NOVEL BUT OF THE PLAY.
THE CHARACTERS, IN "THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY" ARE INTRODUCED THROUGH
WHAT THEY SAY
OR THROUGH
WHAT THEY DO
OR
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY OF THEM
, A TECHNIC TYPICAL OF DRAMA.
DORIAN GRAY REPRESENTS THE
SYMBOL OF YOUTH, INNOCENCE, BEAUTY
.
WHEN AT THE BEGINNING, HE APPEARS IN THE NOVEL, HE'S RATHER IMMATURE, BUT THE READER IS MADE AWARE OF HIS BEAUTY AND INNOCENCE THROUGH THE NARRATOR'S WORDS.
HE IS FIRST INTRODUCED BY WHAT THE PAINTER SAYS OF HIM.
DORIAN IS INFLUENCED BY LORD HENRY, WHO TEACHES HIM ABOUT HEDONISM AND STARTS TO
LOOK FOR A LIFE OF PLEASURE AND SENSATIONS
.
IN THE END, HIS VANITY AND SELFISHNESS RUIN HIM, AND THE PORTRAIT GIVES A REPRESENTATION OF THE DEGRADATION OF HIS SOUL.
SO, THE PORTRAIT BECOMES THE
MIRROR OF DORIAN GRAY'S SOUL
.
LORD HENRY WOTTON
IS AN INTELLECTUAL, A BRILLIANT TALKER, EXTREMELY SHARP IN HIS CRITICISM OF INSTITUTIONS. HE IS ABLE TO INFLUENCE DORIAN.
BASIL HALLWARD
, THE PAINTER, IS AN INTELLECTUAL WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH DORIAN'S BEAUTY AND INNOCENCE.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO EXHIBIT THIS PICTURE, EVEN IF IT IS HIS BEST WORK, BECAUSE HE IS AFRAID THAT IT REFLECTS THE
STRANGE ATTRACTION HE FEELS FOR DORIAN
.
HE IS EVENTUALLY KILLED BY DORIAN BECAUSE HIS PAINTING AND HIS PASSION ARE CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE FOR THE YOUNG MAN'S TORTURED EXISTENCE.
BASIL BECOMES A SAD EXAMPLE OF HOW A GOOD ARTIST CAN BE DESTROYED IN A SACRIFICE FOR ART.
THE NOVEL IS SET IN
LONDON AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY
WHEN THE PAINTER SEES THE
CORRUPTED IMAGE OF THE PORTRAIT
, DORIAN KILLS HIM
WHEN DORIAN WANTS TO FREE HIMSELF OF THE PORTRAIT AND STABS IT, DOING SO, HE KILLS HIMSELF.
ALL THE SIGNS OF AGE, EXPERIENCE AND VICE APPEAR NOT ON DORIAN BUT ON THE PORTRAIT.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE BRILLIANT BUT CORRUPT LORD HENRY WOTTON, STARTS A LIFE OF PLEASURE
THE PROTAGONIST, DORIAN GRAY, IS A YOUNG MAN WHOSE BEAUTY FASCINATES A PAINTER, BASIL HALLWARD, WHO DECIDES TO PAINT HIS PORTRAIT
IN THE MOMENT OF DORIAN'S DEATH, THE PICTURE RETURNS TO ITS ORIGINAL PURITY, WHILE DORIAN'S FACE BECOMES "WITHERED, WRINKLED AND LOATHSOME" (AVVIZZITO, RUGOSO E RIPUGNANTE)
THE STORY IS TOLD BY AN
UNOBTRUSIVE THIRD PERSON NARRATOR
THE PERSPECTIVE IS INTERNAL AND THE
SETTING
IS DESCRIBED WITH AN
EVOCATIVE LANGUAGE
WITH WORDS THAT ARISE SENSES.