Essays on The Picture of Dorian Gray

Introduction Gothic literature is a genre that is famous for focusing on horror, ruin, decay, the supernatural. The first gothic text that gave birth to the genre is believed to be Horace Walpole’s 18th Century novel The Castle of Otranto. Some theorists believe that gothic…

The setting of the respective novel is essential for the overall development of the characters and the plot as it provides a foundation for the readers to visualize and understand the social as well as the psychological mindset and the typical behaviour during the era….

Oscar Wilde’ book ‘’Picture Of Dorian Gray” points out a question concerning the balance between the concepts like morality,narcissism, manipulation, strategy, beauty, and tactics. Wilde combines these concepts harmoniously in the human nature itself. The personality of Dorian Gray is controversial. His goodwill is hidden…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written by Louis Stevenson with the publication date of the fifth of January on the year of 1886. Subsequently, the Picture of Dorian Gray authored by the famous writer Oscar Wilde was published on the…

The novel shows us “the terrible pleasure of a double life”. How far is this a fair summary of the novel? As a novel that essentially mirrors its author’s own life of trying to find himself whilst being victim under the hypocrisy of the seemingly…

‘Characters in the novel have few redeeming qualities, making the novel more of a cautionary tale than a model for emulation’. How far do you agree? As a primarily phallocentric novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray features characters who harbour few redeeming qualities, and this…

Morality in The Picture of Dorian Gray Introduction Morality and one’s own moral scale plays a large role in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Morality can be described as one’s own principles regarding the distinction between right and wrong. One’s moral scale is constantly shifting…

Dracula and the Picture of Dorian Gray were both books written a long time ago where they were supposed to shock the original readers. Dracula is a novel written by Bram Stoker. It is set in the Victorian era, but much of the novel takes…