The book "Portrait of Dorian Gray" was written inend of the 19th century, but it has not lost its relevance to our contemporaries. In the novel, fantasy is so harmoniously intertwined with reality that it is sometimes difficult to understand where one ends and another begins. The irreversibility of time is what Oscar Wilde focuses on. "Portrait of Dorian Gray" - a direct confirmation that the obsession with only its external beauty can lead to a sad ending.
Summary
Let us briefly recall the plot of the work.Talented artist Basil Hallward created a portrait of a young man with beautiful external data named Dorian Gray. The artist has put his whole soul into the picture and does not want to sell the picture. Basil decides that it is best to present the picture to the model. The oil is poured into the fire by a friend of Holloword, Lord Henry, who is an incorrigible cynic. Lord begins to incite Dorian by the fact that soon his beauty will fade, and the portrait will remain forever young and will be only a bitter memory of his youth.
Lord Henry played a major role in the personaldegradation of Dorian, this is exactly what Oscar Wilde tells us. "Portrait of Dorian Gray" - this is a story not only about the moral fall of the protagonist. There is room for love too. But love is not real, but false, like the whole life of Gray. He falls in love with the young actress Sybil Wayne. It captures not so much Sybil herself, as her good ability to play roles on the stage. As a result, the actress herself falls passionately in love with Dorian, but loses the ability to convey to the audience the deep experiences of her characters. But such a lover does not need Gray. He was interested in a talented girl who is not like other people, and not just an earthly woman.
Deciding to break with Wayne, Dorian spoke to her a lotcruel words that pushed suicide to the former beloved. After her death, the portrait changed a little, the first crease formed on the lip. The protagonist with horror realized that from now on all his bad deeds would be reflected only in the portrait.
The image in the portrait will age, and the young man will remain young, writes Oscar Wilde. “Portrait of Dorian Gray” again confirms that all our actions inevitably affect our soul.
Many years pass, the portrait becomesuglier, but the main character keeps young. Seeing the picture of the terrible old man in the picture, Dorian rushes at the portrait with a knife, but as a result kills himself.
We advise you to read the true masterpiece of world classics, which was created by the brilliant writer Oscar Wilde, - “Portrait of Dorian Gray”. Feedback on this work is extremely positive.
Dorian Prototypes
The basis of the novel are two famous myths.The first myth is the legend of Narcissus. It tells how a young man, seeing his reflection in the water, which seems to him incredibly beautiful, dies from a very strong love of self.
There is another myth that beats up in thisOscar Wilde's work. “Portrait of Dorian Gray” is a reference to the famous myth about Faust, who allegedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for eternal youth.
We hope that you have already become interested in the talented English writer, playwright, poet Oscar Wilde. The works of the writer are filled with deep meaning, which always pushes to think.
