Թեմա - Oscar Wilde. Epigraph Of Dorian Gray
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Chapter 1
Life And Writing Style Of Oscar Wilde
Chapter 2
The Epigraph Of "Dorian Gray"
Conclusion
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This course paper presents the epigraph of "Dorian Gray" written by Oscar Wilde. The work consists of introduction, two chapters, conclusion, references. The introduction presents the main purpose of the course paper. In chapter 1 Oscar Wilde’s life and style are examined in detail. In chapter 2 "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is analyzed. Conclusion sums up the results of the work. The list of books used for this course paper is presented in references.
Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays. Wilde was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement, which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine is most clearly summarized in the phrase "art for arts sake". Besides literary accomplishments, he is also famous, or perhaps infamous, for his wit, flamboyance, and affairs with men. He was tried and imprisoned for his homosexual relationship (then considered a crime) with the son of an aristocrat.
Wilde had two siblings: an older brother named Willie, born in 1852, and a sister, Isola, born in 1856, but who died at the age of 10. These offspring would not experience a standard, conventional childhood. Through their home passed intellectuals, artists, and internationally known doctors - and the children were not left to a governess or nanny. Allowed to mingle and eat with the guests, they learned to value intellectual and witty conversation, an influence that would have profound and long-lasting effects on young Oscar Wilde.
Following his triumphant tour, Wilde had enough money to spend three months in Paris. There he finished a forgettable play titled The Duchess of Padua. He was befriended once again by celebrities; this time they were Europeans: Zola, Hugo, Verlaine, Gide, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, and Pissarro. Obviously, early training at his mothers salon had paid off.
He returned to London looking for backers to produce his play. In an attempt to garner backing, he cut his hair short and dressed more conservatively. When he was unsuccessful in finding producers, he arranged for a production in New York for $1,000. The play was not successful, closing in less than a week. So, Wilde went back to England, arranging a lecture tour of Great Britain and Ireland, where he encountered a previous acquaintance, Constance Lloyd, who would become his wife - for better or for worse. (Bloom, 2002)
Finally, Dorian attempts to destroy the portrait, the image of his disgustingly corrupted soul, which haunts him like a conscience. He slashes at it with a knife (appropriately the very same knife with which he murdered his ex-friend, Basil Hallward), hoping to do away with the evidence of his crimes. But the plan backfires dramatically – stabbing the portrait, Dorian inadvertently kills himself. The grotesque deformities of the picture come into being in Dorians own body, while painted Dorian is restored to its original image of spotless beauty. In the end, Dorian gets everything that was coming to him; his choices brought about his own doom.
One of Wilde’s best-known novels, The Picture of Dorian Gray, created a public outcry when it was published in 1891.The novels implied homosexual theme was considered immoral by Victorian society, a society in which homosexuality was considered not only immoral and unnatural, but was also a serious criminal offence punishable by imprisonment.
In his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde conceives art and life in a cyclical relationship where life contemplates and recreates art. The art of acting is particularly portrayed in Wilde’s novel, which reveals some traits of a theatre play. The narrative is constructed in such way that it resembles the settings of a theatre stage. The main characters, Sybil Vane and Dorian Gray, build their relationship through the art of acting, highlighting how art and life are mingled through their acting.