The Picture of Dorian

Gray

 The story of a man called Dorian Gray

Young nobleman, rich, but pure-hearted
New way of thinking - the only things worth

pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of

the senses
Wishes the portrait grew old, instead of
him
Drawn into a new lifestyle
Actions are displayed in his portrait

 Dorian Gray a young gentleman who

begins to indulge himself every kind of

pleasure
Basil Hallward - an artist who paints the
portrait of Dorian and becomes infatuated
with his beauty.
Lord Henry Wotton or Harry - is an
extremely smart and sharp-tongued
nobleman

 Sibyl Vane Dorians lover

James Vane Sibyls brother
Alan Campbell Dorians friend
Victoria, Lady Henry Wotton Lord Henrys

wife
Victor Dorians servant

 Protagonist: Dorian Gray

Major conflict: Dorian secretly promises his

soul to maintain his youth forever

Rising action: Dorian remarks changes in
his portrait after committing his first sin
Dorian is doubt-troubled and paranoid. He
kills Basil
He regrets many things he has done. By
stabbing his wretched portrait, kills himself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-zjVKLxhk4

 Classic example of aestheticism and double

life
Wilde emphasises his pleasure of living
double life
Constantly worried about his image within
Victorian society
Enjoys his hedonistic side when being
alone
Dorian is both the aesthete and the
criminal combined in one man

The only excuse for making a useless

thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless."
"There is only one thing in the world
worse than being talked about, and
that is not being talked about."
"The only way to get rid of a
temptation is to yield to it."
"Men marry because they are tired;
women, because they are curious:
both are disappointed."

"

 "Laughter

is not at all a bad beginning

for a friendship, and it is far the best
ending for one."
"To be in love is to surpass one's self."
"The real drawback to marriage is that it
makes one unselfish. And unselfish
people are colourless. They lack
individuality."
"To get back my youth I would do
anything in the world, except take
exercise, get up early, or be
respectable."
"One should never do anything that one
cannot talk about after dinner."

 Contemporary dance adaptation of Dorian

Gray, by Matthew Bourne

Film "The Picture of Dorian Gray", released
in 1945
Film "Dorian Gray", released in 2009
"Dorian, an Imitation", a novel by Will Self
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjY725fRjk&feature=related

Thank You!
TURDA EVELINA