It's just plain difficult to read and very wordy. Robert Irish Maybe because Wilde wastes pages describing tapestries, and furniture, and I don't know bug collections, or whatever as if that somehow is supposed to show us something about the "soul" of a person.I got a Kindle for Christmas and have been really enjoying the Amazon classics range. I downloaded the picture of Dorian Grey last night with intention to start today and when I opened the book and the about the book notes come up it says the whole book is 71 pages.This is helped by Wilde's relatively straightforward language, making it all the more readable. However, I would not particularly recommend it for anyone under 13 as the themes and comments on the values of individuals and society may not appeal as much to a younger audience.
Why is The Picture of Dorian Gray banned : It was censored in 1890 because of what was seen as its immoral sexual content, both heterosexual and homosexual in nature. According to Antonio Sanna, the heterosexual content was considered too vulgar for readers in the nineteenth century, and the homosexual content was considered sinful and illegal (Sanna 28).
Why was The Picture of Dorian Gray banned
It was censored in 1890 because of what was seen as its immoral sexual content, both heterosexual and homosexual in nature. According to Antonio Sanna, the heterosexual content was considered too vulgar for readers in the nineteenth century, and the homosexual content was considered sinful and illegal (Sanna 28).
How is Dorian Gray a horror : Dorian Gray gives in to decadent pleasures, and even controls and destroys others, at one point leading a girl to commit suicide when he spurns her. This event starts him down a dark road of manipulating and taking advantage of other characters, and when he is confronted by Basil, Dorian murders his old friend.
We are told that Dorian murders Basil on his 38th birthday in November, and the novel ends before the following November, so he is still 38. Dorian is twenty at the beginning of the novel. At the end of the novel, the ruined woman in the opium den says that Dorian hasn't changed in 18 years, confirming the narrator. Dorian Gray Syndrome (DGS) denotes a cultural and societal phenomenon characterized by an excessive preoccupation with the individual's own appearance (dysmorphophobia) accompanied by difficulties coping with the aging process and with the requirements of maturation.
Did Basil and Dorian kiss
Instead of subtly leading Basil to his confession, Dorian steers the conversation away by kissing Basil, who eventually gives in to his passion and succumbs to a sexual encounter.In a flashback, the main character is seen being beaten as a child by an older man. May scare viewers. A man's back is seen horribly scarred. It is revealed this was a result of child abuse.Basil's commitment to Dorian, which ultimately proves fatal, reveals the genuineness of his love for his favorite subject and his concern for the safety and salvation of Dorian's soul. Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian becomes obsessed with the idea of preserving his youth and beauty forever, leading him to wish that the portrait would age in his stead. This wish is mysteriously granted, marking the beginning of Dorian's descent into a life of immorality and sin.
Is Dorian Gray a sociopath : Dorian is therefore what we might call a primary psychopath, or a psychopath who obtains the maximum score within the Factor 1 criteria, his dominant traits lying within only the first two facets which foremost encompass malignant narcissism.
Is Dorian Gray a drug addict : Just as his addictions to opium, aesthetic pleasure, and sex allow Dorian to escape from himself, the physical spaces allow him to escape from himself as well; they too act like a drug in this way.
Who is Dorian in love with
actress Sibyl Vane
Under the hedonistic influence of Lord Henry, Dorian fully explores his sensuality. He discovers the actress Sibyl Vane, who performs Shakespeare in a dingy working-class theatre. Dorian approaches and courts her and soon proposes marriage. The narrator reveals Dorian's inner thoughts and feelings after he arrives at the opium den. Now that Dorian has corrupted other people and committed murder, he knows that he has fully given up on trying to live a good life and can be considered evil.Dorian Gray lost his innocence the moment he came to realize that his portrait aged, instead of him aging in his real life. This realization then turned Dorian to being somewhat on the evil side, by protecting that secret at any cost, which may come to harm him, if the secret was revealed.
Is Dorian Gray evil : Now that Dorian has corrupted other people and committed murder, he knows that he has fully given up on trying to live a good life and can be considered evil. In his mind's eye he sees Basil, who appears as a timeless paragon of goodness, as well as memories of his former life, and Dorian cannot bear the guilt.
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It's just plain difficult to read and very wordy. Robert Irish Maybe because Wilde wastes pages describing tapestries, and furniture, and I don't know bug collections, or whatever as if that somehow is supposed to show us something about the "soul" of a person.I got a Kindle for Christmas and have been really enjoying the Amazon classics range. I downloaded the picture of Dorian Grey last night with intention to start today and when I opened the book and the about the book notes come up it says the whole book is 71 pages.This is helped by Wilde's relatively straightforward language, making it all the more readable. However, I would not particularly recommend it for anyone under 13 as the themes and comments on the values of individuals and society may not appeal as much to a younger audience.
Why is The Picture of Dorian Gray banned : It was censored in 1890 because of what was seen as its immoral sexual content, both heterosexual and homosexual in nature. According to Antonio Sanna, the heterosexual content was considered too vulgar for readers in the nineteenth century, and the homosexual content was considered sinful and illegal (Sanna 28).
Why was The Picture of Dorian Gray banned
It was censored in 1890 because of what was seen as its immoral sexual content, both heterosexual and homosexual in nature. According to Antonio Sanna, the heterosexual content was considered too vulgar for readers in the nineteenth century, and the homosexual content was considered sinful and illegal (Sanna 28).
How is Dorian Gray a horror : Dorian Gray gives in to decadent pleasures, and even controls and destroys others, at one point leading a girl to commit suicide when he spurns her. This event starts him down a dark road of manipulating and taking advantage of other characters, and when he is confronted by Basil, Dorian murders his old friend.
We are told that Dorian murders Basil on his 38th birthday in November, and the novel ends before the following November, so he is still 38. Dorian is twenty at the beginning of the novel. At the end of the novel, the ruined woman in the opium den says that Dorian hasn't changed in 18 years, confirming the narrator.
Dorian Gray Syndrome (DGS) denotes a cultural and societal phenomenon characterized by an excessive preoccupation with the individual's own appearance (dysmorphophobia) accompanied by difficulties coping with the aging process and with the requirements of maturation.
Did Basil and Dorian kiss
Instead of subtly leading Basil to his confession, Dorian steers the conversation away by kissing Basil, who eventually gives in to his passion and succumbs to a sexual encounter.In a flashback, the main character is seen being beaten as a child by an older man. May scare viewers. A man's back is seen horribly scarred. It is revealed this was a result of child abuse.Basil's commitment to Dorian, which ultimately proves fatal, reveals the genuineness of his love for his favorite subject and his concern for the safety and salvation of Dorian's soul.
Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian becomes obsessed with the idea of preserving his youth and beauty forever, leading him to wish that the portrait would age in his stead. This wish is mysteriously granted, marking the beginning of Dorian's descent into a life of immorality and sin.
Is Dorian Gray a sociopath : Dorian is therefore what we might call a primary psychopath, or a psychopath who obtains the maximum score within the Factor 1 criteria, his dominant traits lying within only the first two facets which foremost encompass malignant narcissism.
Is Dorian Gray a drug addict : Just as his addictions to opium, aesthetic pleasure, and sex allow Dorian to escape from himself, the physical spaces allow him to escape from himself as well; they too act like a drug in this way.
Who is Dorian in love with
actress Sibyl Vane
Under the hedonistic influence of Lord Henry, Dorian fully explores his sensuality. He discovers the actress Sibyl Vane, who performs Shakespeare in a dingy working-class theatre. Dorian approaches and courts her and soon proposes marriage.
The narrator reveals Dorian's inner thoughts and feelings after he arrives at the opium den. Now that Dorian has corrupted other people and committed murder, he knows that he has fully given up on trying to live a good life and can be considered evil.Dorian Gray lost his innocence the moment he came to realize that his portrait aged, instead of him aging in his real life. This realization then turned Dorian to being somewhat on the evil side, by protecting that secret at any cost, which may come to harm him, if the secret was revealed.
Is Dorian Gray evil : Now that Dorian has corrupted other people and committed murder, he knows that he has fully given up on trying to live a good life and can be considered evil. In his mind's eye he sees Basil, who appears as a timeless paragon of goodness, as well as memories of his former life, and Dorian cannot bear the guilt.