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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 2 - Coggle Diagram
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
2
THE STORY IS A 19TH CENTURY VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF FAUST, THE STORY OF A MAN WHO SELLS HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL SO THAT ALL HIS DESIRES MIGHT BE SATISFIED.
IN DORIAN GRAY, HIS SOUL IS THE PICTURE THAT REPRESENTS HIS DOUBLE, AND HE TRIES TO FORGET BY LOCKING IT IN A ROOM.
THE NOVEL HAS A
MORAL
: THAT EVERY ECCESS MUST BE PUNISHED AND WHEN DORIAN DESTROYS THE PICTURE, THE PUNISHMENT FOR ALL HIS SINS IS DEATH
WHILE DORIAN'S PURE APPEARANCE IS SYMBOL OF BURGEOIS HYPOCRISY
FINALLY, THE PICTURE, RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL BEAUTY, ILLUSTRATES WILDE'S THEORY OF ART: ART SURVIVES PEOPLE, ART IS ETERNAL.
THE CORRUPTED PICTURE COULD BE SEEN AS A SYMBOL OF THE IMMORALITY OF THE VICTORIAN MIDDLE CLASS.
THE PAINTER'S STUDIO
LORD WOTTON SEES THE PAINTING OF DORIAN GRAY IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM AND HE STARTS A CONVERSATION ON IT
THE PASSAGE IS COMPOSED OF TWO PARTS
THE PASSAGE IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE FIRST PAGES OF THE NOVEL.THE PAINTER, BASIL HALLWARD RECEIVES THE VISIT OF HIS FRIEND LORD HENRY WOTTON IN HIS STUDIO
IN THE
FIRST PART
THERE IS THE VERY PRECISE DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDIO OF BASIL
THANKS TO THIS DESCRIPTION, IN WHICH ALL THE FEELINGS ARE INVOLVED, WILDE CONVEYS AN ATMOSPHERE SENSUOUS AND DECADENT
FINISHED THE DESCRIPTION, STARTS THE
SECOND PART
THAT CONTAINS THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN HALLWARD AND LORD WOTTON.
LORD WOTTON INVITES THE PAINTER TO EXIBIT THE PICTURE IN THE GALLERY OF GROSVENOR, TO GAIN NOTORIETY
BUT BASIL WANTS TO TAKE IT FOR HIMSELF. BECAUSE HE HAS PUT ON IT SOME OF HIMSELF.
THE CHARACTERS ARE PRESENTED THROUGH THE WORDS USED AND IF IT IS NOT SAID, WE KNOW THAT BASIL HAS FEELINGS FOR DORIAN
DORIAN IS NOT PRESENT IN THE SCENE, BUT IS DESCRIBED AS YOUNG AND HANDSOME, SO WE EXPECT SOMEONE NAIVE.
THE FIRST PART PRESENTS ANOTHER DIVISION: THE FIRST PART DESCRIBES THE STUDIO USING THE SENSE OF
SMELL
: ODOUR, SCENT, PERFUME
THE OTHER THREE PARAGRAPHS USE THE SENSE OF
SIGHT
, DESCRIBING THE SINGLE ELEMENTS OF THE ROOM.
THERE IS AN OPPOSITION BETWEEN OUTSIDE AND INSIDE: THE STUDIO IS FILLED BY THE FLOWERS' PERFUME COMING FROM THE GARDEN BUT ALSO BY THE BAD SMELL OF SMOKE COMING FROM LORD WOTTON.