Essays on The Picture of Dorian Gray

The story begins with Dorian Gray as an adult, a young man who desires to stay young forever. He never grows old thanks to an antique painting he “sold his soul for”. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel for pessimistic people because it…

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 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….

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…

During the 1890s, two books were published within the same genre that, might appear to have nothing in common with one another, except the genre. These two novels were, Oscar Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray published in 1891, followed by Bram Stoker’s…

 Inspired by the ideology of Aestheticism, Oscar Wilde rose to notoriety as a prominent literary figure of the late nineteenth century. As the Industrial Revolution progressed and sentiments of materialism spread, people began to rebel against the “repetitive designs of consumer products created cheaply by…

This novel by Oscar Wilde, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ is a representation of art. One of the most read novels and a strong story-line. He refers to the Victorian era when art was at its peak but concludes all the art as something useless….

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…

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…

‘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…

Beauty and the preservation of both beauty and youth are two of the most prominent human desires. They have not been suppressed, people have become more obsessed with this idea in modern society. This concept of human vanity is explored in “The Picture of Dorian…

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…

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…