The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | Chapter 6
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth summary and analysis of Chapter 6 of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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As both a morality tale and a horror story, The Picture of Dorian Gray traces the dissolution and destruction of the title character.
The devastatingly handsome Dorian Gray has his portrait painted as a youth and wishes that the painting, rather than his own visage, might reflect his increasing age. His idle wish comes true and his moral turpitude is reflected in his increasingly grisly likeness.
Whether this is an indictment of the character's unethical dealings or of Victorian society's disapproval of Gray's veiled homosexuality remains a topic of intense debate.
Wilde's own valorization of aesthetic beauty is well known and it seems likely that the story is in part an endorsement of that philosophy, which scandalized the ceaselessly practical Victorians.
Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in 1890. With characteristic savoir faire, Oscar Wilde weaves elements of the gothic and the aesthetic into the fabric of his best-known novel.
The novel The Picture of Dorian Gray contains many potent themes, including reputation versus character, as some find Dorian charming although his nature is dark and his reputation suffers; appearance versus reality, as the novel questions what is on the surface and what lies beneath it; and art versus life, as the difference between creating beauty and living beautifully is demonstrated. Important symbols include the painting, theater, and flowers.
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Me wondering how many more chapters to go.🙃
Same
This is amazing thank you all so much for these videos!
Does anyone know where he makes this 'animated' videos? I loved this soo much
0:24 That’s wrong, I just read the chapter, Basil is the one who says that marrying an actress is beneath Dorian
Fr?
Nope that's incorrect man, lord Henry is known for his influence, Basil only wants Dorian to be authentic
@@akhilpillay2486 what does that have to do with anything 😭 I’m not talking about who’s authentic or not, I’m just saying who said what.
Evidence:
Chapter 6
“Except in America,” rejoined Lord Henry languidly…. “I am inclined to think I never was engaged.”
Basil: “But think of Dorian’s birth, and position, and wealth. It would be absurd for him to marry so much beneath him.”
Did you reply to the right person?
Wonderfully done
here again after a year
Lord Wotton thinks that pleasure seeking is the only thing having an equation and pursuing. Well, he’s wrong and people shouldn’t listen to a shameful opportunist like him.
Yeah I didnt like his response, it kinda annoyed me, like leave Dorian alone bro hahaha 😂
This makes no sense ngl
i thoughtb the exact same thing, untill i actually read the book