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The Plot
The Picture of Dorian Gray is about a young man named Dorian Gray who has a portrait painted of himself. The artist, Basil Hallward, thinks Dorian Gray is very beautiful, and becomes obsessed with Dorian. One day in Basil's garden, Dorian Gray meets a man named Lord Henry Wotton. Lord Henry Wotton makes Dorian Gray believe that the only thing important in life is beauty. However, Dorian realizes that he will become less beautiful as he grows older. He wishes the portrait Basil painted would become old in his place. Dorian then sells his soul so he can be beautiful forever, but not on purpose.
Dorian's wish comes true. However, every time Dorian does something evil, mean, or selfish, his picture ages. For 18 years, Dorian does not age. He does many bad things, while his portrait becomes more aged with each bad deed. Later on, Dorian decides to stop doing bad things in the hopes that this will make his portrait become beautiful again, but it only makes it worse. Dorian thinks that only a full confession will make the portrait beautiful again. However, he does not feel guilty for anything he has done. So Dorian picks up a knife and destroys the portrait.
When his servants hear a scream from the room Dorian is in, they call the police. The police find Dorian's body on the floor with a stab wound in his heart. His body has become very aged. However, the portrait has returned to the way it was when it was first painted.
Dorian's wish comes true. However, every time Dorian does something evil, mean, or selfish, his picture ages. For 18 years, Dorian does not age. He does many bad things, while his portrait becomes more aged with each bad deed. Later on, Dorian decides to stop doing bad things in the hopes that this will make his portrait become beautiful again, but it only makes it worse. Dorian thinks that only a full confession will make the portrait beautiful again. However, he does not feel guilty for anything he has done. So Dorian picks up a knife and destroys the portrait.
When his servants hear a scream from the room Dorian is in, they call the police. The police find Dorian's body on the floor with a stab wound in his heart. His body has become very aged. However, the portrait has returned to the way it was when it was first painted.
The main characters
-Dorian Gray, a handsome man that loved himself and that was afraid to become old, because he thought that his beauty should disappear .
-Basil Hallward, an artist that made a fantastic picture of Dorian Gray: everyone saw it wanted to meet Dorian Gray.
-Lord Henry Wotton, a rich person, friend of Dorian Gray and Basil.
-Sybil Vane: an actress and the girlfriend of Dorian Gray.
-Sybil Vane' s mother: another actress. -Sybil Vane' s brother: Jim, a sailor .
-Francis and Victor: Dorian Gray's servants. This book is about Dorian Gray's life.
-Dorian Gray, a handsome man that loved himself and that was afraid to become old, because he thought that his beauty should disappear .
-Basil Hallward, an artist that made a fantastic picture of Dorian Gray: everyone saw it wanted to meet Dorian Gray.
-Lord Henry Wotton, a rich person, friend of Dorian Gray and Basil.
-Sybil Vane: an actress and the girlfriend of Dorian Gray.
-Sybil Vane' s mother: another actress. -Sybil Vane' s brother: Jim, a sailor .
-Francis and Victor: Dorian Gray's servants. This book is about Dorian Gray's life.
La figura del Dandy
La figura del Dandy nasce in Inghilterra con il Romanticismo, impersonata da Byron. Si diffonde in Europa negli anni del Decadentismo, grazie soprattutto all’esempio di Oscar Wilde. Il dandy è l’eccentrico che si diverte a stupire e colpire l’attenzione del pubblico, con gli atteggiamenti, il modo di vestire e di vivere, con i gesti provocatori. Esibisce la propria “diversità” e, mentre ne fa spettacolo, cerca di imporla e di servirsene come trampolino per il successo. Si diverte dunque a scandalizzare e provocare, ma in realtà cerca il riconoscimento e il plauso del pubblico.
La figura del Dandy nasce in Inghilterra con il Romanticismo, impersonata da Byron. Si diffonde in Europa negli anni del Decadentismo, grazie soprattutto all’esempio di Oscar Wilde. Il dandy è l’eccentrico che si diverte a stupire e colpire l’attenzione del pubblico, con gli atteggiamenti, il modo di vestire e di vivere, con i gesti provocatori. Esibisce la propria “diversità” e, mentre ne fa spettacolo, cerca di imporla e di servirsene come trampolino per il successo. Si diverte dunque a scandalizzare e provocare, ma in realtà cerca il riconoscimento e il plauso del pubblico.
La figura del dandy presuppone l’isolamento sociale dell’artista e la spinta della concorrenza che lo induce a differenziarsi con gesti clamorosi; ma rivela anche quanto sia ambiguo il suo anticonformismo: dietro la rivolta, si nasconde in realtà il desiderio di successo. Il personaggio del dandy bene esprime, dunque, il destino dell’artista nella società che mercifica l’arte e in cui l’artista deve fare propaganda a se stesso per vendere le proprie opere.