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was a perfect way for Wilde to successfully lampoon the British aristocracy. The sophisticated farce enabled Wilde to fulfill a l...

he sees Dorian daily; "I couldnt be happy if I didnt see him every day. He is absolutely necessary to me" ("Picture", 113). Howeve...

In 10 pages this paper examines the impact of homosexuality on Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Importance of Being E...

is probably much closer to Wildes intent that these expressions of love and beauty be considered in a much more abstract way: Gray...

In seven pages this paper examines Wilde's views of homosexuality in Victorian times as depicted in The Importance of Being Earnes...

writers overall mystique, utilizing such literary techniques as dialogue, imagery, figurative language and interpretation. ...

is described by Ovid as having unending youth, eternal boyhood: however, one of the points which Wilde is making is that Dorian is...

In fact, Wilde seems to be making important commentary on Victorian society itself, contending that something may reveal a perfect...

the previously espoused position of the Church. Most poets adhered to the idea that if man were but to return to his natural world...

In five pages this paper examines Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Seville's Crime, Pen, Pencil, and Poison, Decay of Lying, and The Pict...

In eight pages this paper discusses how love is expressed within such literary works as Songs of Innocence and Experience by Willi...

do no wrong, which makes her introduction to the novel somewhat gooey and overwrought. However, she does point out that Woolf foll...

can do no wrong, which makes her introduction to the novel somewhat gooey and overwrought. However, she does point out that Woolf ...

beautiful Dorian. Now without any knowledge of the time period and gender roles, a modern reader would not immediately read into t...

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the story The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. This paper includes a discussion of ho...

for their own sake and not for moral edification, as was the stance popular in the Victorian era. There has been considerable de...

of community theaters and high-school drama clubs). On the complete opposite end of the spectrum from his drawing-room comedies, h...

In 3 pages this paper examines what is meant by the changes to the portrait of Dorian Gray in an analysis of this novel by Oscar W...

could have entirely missed that The Picture of Dorian Gray is a gay book. After all, the protagonist, Dorian, is guilty, among oth...

had previously been reserved only for God. He works feverishly on what he believes will be a perfect human form for it was manufa...

the landed wealthy(Frank 1981). The heroine is often too perfect and too sweet, whereas the heroes are usually young and dashing, ...

and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...

attractive young lady and Gwendolyns country counterpart, rounds out the cast. Not for a moment would we expect to find the sort o...

In a paper of two pages, the writer looks at themes central to both "Mrs. Dalloway" and "The Picture of Dorian Grey". Self-denial ...

in print sources (magazines, newspapers) where the image present on the page bears little resemblance to the image "seen by the un...

own soul," which causes the influenced person not to have his "natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions," (Wilde 18). T...

should he do? In an attempt to capture his youth, he sells his soul and instead of aging, the portrait ages in place of Dorians ow...

In seven pages the ways in which Wilde's novel explores the meaning of beauty and art are discussed. There are no other sources c...

In many ways, the evil and rotten-ness which the portrait comes to represent are exemplifying the monstrousness of society as a wh...

the world. This may be a critical look, on the part of Wilde, at the realities of the traditional family which presumes it is the ...