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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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

providing a checklist, as it were, of characteristics and traits which are noted in the degenerate nature. This, of course, did ...

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 a paper consisting of 3 pages the relationship between life and art as reflected in the novel is considered in terms of the onl...

the everyday eye, Dorian does not seem to age a day, nor does his beauty fade. There are several indications of a homosexual nat...

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

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...

want him to do all de wantin" (Hurston 192). Her grandmother tells her something that seems specific to all arranged marriages whe...