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OSCAR WILDE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - studio furniture described
      - rich and elegant atmosphere
    - - Sense of Smell
        
        odour of roses
        
        perfume of lilac
      - Sense of Hearing
        
        murmur of bees
        
        distant roar of London
      - Sense of Sight
        
        gleam of the laburnum
        
        shadows of birds
      - Sense of Touch
        
        movement of the curtains
    - - huge window = connection between:
        
        inside studio
        
        outside natural world
    - - sensuous
      - decadent
      - rich in colours, perfumes and sounds
  - - - full-length portrait
      - extraordinarily handsome young man
      - placed in the centre of the room
    - - sits in front of the portrait
      - looks at it emotionally
      - puts much of himself into the painting
    - - talented artist
      - mysterious figure
      - disappeared mysteriously in the past
  - - - refuses to exhibit the portrait
      - says he put too much of himself into it
    - - expresses paradoxes
      - cynical and superficial
    - - “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
      - “Beauty ends where intellect begins.”