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The Picture of Dorian Gray
I wonder how much of Dorian was Wilde's own beloved Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas) and how much of himself was in the tortured artist that adored him. Lord Henry seemed to personify Wilde's own ideas about the workings of society, yet the artist, Hallward, seemed to represent his more heartfelt romanticisms...
The story itself is fascinating, though - an exploration into the morals of the time, the belief that sin will show itself on the face of the sinner and that our sins will be found out however we try to hide them.
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I wondered about that also. One would have to know the time-period of when it was written to be sure. Nowadays with so much plastic surgery, one rarely sees the journey of the soul revealed on anyone's face. Older movies where the stars look their age (Casablanca) are so realistic compared to a modern movie where no one looks their age it makes you realize the difference. And how contemporary the issues in Wilde's novel really are.
Mar 7, 2011 1:45 pm
by dreamdust
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