Исследовательская работа на тему “The Conflict between Art and the Inner world of the Protagonist in the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde” Выполнила: Алина Лукьянова (10 «А» класс) Руководител ь: Кошкина О. Б.
The Outline of the research work 1. Introduction 2. The main part • • • The characteristic features of aesthetic movement The Purpose of art The plot in short The development of the protagonist’s character The conflict 3. Conclusion 4. The List of Literature 5. Appendix
The characteristic features of aesthetic movement Aestheticism (or the Aesthetic Movement) is an art movement supporting the emphasis of aesthetic values more than social-political themes for literature, fine art, music and other arts.
“It is a spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. ” - Oscar Wilde
The novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and the main characters Basil Hallward Lord Henry Wotton
The novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and main characters Sibyl Vane Victoria, Lady Wotton
The character development The criteria Dorian at the beginning of the book Dorian at the end of the book Age A young man(about 20) 18 years later Appearance “Young beautiful boy, who looks as if he was made out or ivory and rose-leaves!” “He was old, and ugly, and yellow with illness. ” Traits of character “Your mysterious young friend, <…>, never thinks, I’m sure of that”; “Grace was his, and the white purity of boyhood”; “shy frightened boy”; ‘beautiful soul”– Lord Henry “He is charming to me, … <…> But sometimes he is horribly thoughtless. ” – Basil “He was a gentleman” – James Vane “I was a schoolboy when you knew me. I am a man now” – Dorian “He grew more and more in love with his own beauty, more and more interested in the corruption of his own soul” “Why it is that so many gentlemen in London don’t come to your house and don’t invite you to theirs? <…> When Lord Straveley heard your name, he said you were a man whom no girl should be allowed to know. Why is you friendship is so fatal to young men? . . ” – Basil “It has destroyed me (the portrait)” - Dorian Attitude toward friends “Dorian Gray is my dearest friend” - Basil “As soon as he(Dorian) got behind him(knife), he quickly took it, rushed at Hallward and dug him the knife into his neck. ” Attitude toward beloved “She was the loveliest thing I had ever seen in “You killed my love. <…> You are empty and my life. <…> Sibyl is the only thing I care about. stupid. <…> You are nothing to me now. I will <…> Dorian was going to marry her. never see you again. ” - Dorian
Real Dorian and his soul
The sins of Dorian • drives Sibyl Vain to suicide • kills Basil Hallward • after Sibyl's death her brother becomes obsessed with killing Dorian and begins to stalk him; he dies in a hunting accident. • Dorian's totally aware of how evil he is, but he doesn't want to do anything about it. He likes being evil – he loves being evil. • was friendly with the thieves and other criminals • no conscience • bad treatment of women
Conclusion “Never judge a book by its cover” – claims the famous proverb. The external beauty doesn’t equals inner beauty.
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