The Picture Of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde

The Picture Of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde  

                                        …The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion

This is a story of vanity. The protagonist is Dorian Gray, a young man so charming and handsome that he becomes the life of an artist. It is a story about sensuous curiosity, literary debauchery and reckless love for art.

It seems that Oscar Wilde has not only poured his mind, but his life in this tale. It is his own reflection in pages scrawled with artsy stones, doleful verses and undying incenses. The writing style is rather peculiar and carefree. Wilde puts no thought on how his work will be received. He goes on dwelling on art, music, kings and queens digressing from his main plot. His pen doesn’t pay attention to the pages, but to the words. The language is comprehensible and supportive of an easy flow from scene to scene. The words are meaningful as ever, the phrases poetic , the story fantastic. This is more serious than other works of Oscar Wilde that I’ve read. The whole story redefines morality in terms of a conflict between sensuousness and propriety. It examines the life of the protagonist in the wake of his interaction with the world and his “renunciation”. It is a tale no man should read without pain , and no man should write without empathy. The society through the eyes of Oscar Wilde is truly a society of romantics and meaningful only for them. And hence, It is recommended only for romantics.