Dorian Gray syndrome

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Corruption Through Aestheticism The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of moral corruption by the means of aestheticism. In the novel, the well meaning artist Basil Hallward presets young Dorian Gray with a portrait of himself. After conversing with cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian makes a wish which dreadfully affects his life forever. "If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that I would give everything

Adrian Lyne’s 1987 psychological thriller, Fatal Attraction, is an oft-cited cinematic example of the dangers of immorality. The film follows married attorney, Dan Gallagher, as he engages in a weekend affair with mentally-unstable colleague, Alex Forrest. However, when Dan attempts to end the affair, what follows is a nightmarish sequence of obsession, stalking, and in a particularly terrifying scene, the boiling of the Gallagher family rabbit. Accordingly, Fatal Attraction has been praised as morally-fortifying

Richard Lankford The beauty of Dorian Gray lies in the portrayal of himself, and an artist to be a beautiful creation. Although, he is beautiful he has ugly meanings, and it's corrupted with charm. The painting is his moral sense in art, so it's the moral life of Dorian Gray. Moral art is that is well formed to the character of Dorian Gray. Which are selfish, corrupt, evil, and fundamentally decadence in sin. It holds his guilty mind in the form of a painting. Dorian Gray is counter-balanced by himself

The Power of Transformation In Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber, transformation appears to be one of the main themes throughout “The Courtship of Mr. Lyon” and “The Tiger's Bride.” The heroine's innocence acts as a source of strength that protects them from harm. The bloody Chamber plays a different symbolic purpose in transformation. For Beauty in “The Courtship of Mr. Lyon”, and the girl in “The Tiger’s Bride.” these characters go on a journey that leads them toward their transformation involving

The Picture of Dorian Gray is easily one of the most controversial books in British literature. Within the story, we meet many fascinating characters with vastly different personalities. The characters have different motivations due to their different psychological states. The main characters that we will be examining will be Dorian Gray, Lord Henry, Basil Hallward, and Sybil Vane. We will first talk about the history of psychology and the Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytical theory. We will then evaluate

need of entitlement; their sense of privilege becomes private. Even honest individuals unquestionably accept their position and consequent of power without realizing its impact on their role. Their intelligence, diligence, strategic planning and hard work to reach the higher ends of their organization may propel them to believe that their position and privilege are well deserved. Such feelings may result in double standards and consequent corruption. Corruption should not allow to run continuously

This winter break I was able to play Persona 3 by Altus. The plot of Persona 3 is that the main character and his friends are blessed and cursed with the power of a persona to save the world from Nyx and her children called shadows. A persona is your inner strength to protect the mental you from life’s hardships. The main character is the “special one” since he can use multiple personas. His first persona was Orpheus since the main character loves music. Around three months before Nyx arrival the

In the Victorian era where vanity was the main attraction, Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray gave insight into the true horrors that came of this sinful nature. Wilde was a very controversial figure and he meant to stir the pot when he wrote this disputed story. He believed that literature was not only meant for the imagination, but for the moral mind as well. In The Picture of Dorian Gray he depicts the importance of becoming a well rounded individual and also explains himself. In one

agony of aging. Attraction and Repulsion are both parts of the same cycle In The Picture of Dorian Gray, attraction and repulsion are both parts of the same cycle. In this cycle, attraction is followed by beauty-inspired temptation which leads to self-corruption and repulsion. Amongst the many examples of this cycle playing out, one of the most dramatic was Dorian’s relationship with Sybil in which Dorian felt insurmountable attraction to Sybil, remarking on page 59 “She was the loveliest thing

In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde warns against immorality, vanity and selfishness using his protagonist’s downfall to show the dangers of overindulgence and depravity. The preface is contradictory and reveals that Wilde’s beliefs on art and its ties to morality were inconsistent. He appears to be trying to show that we shouldn’t subscribe to just one clear ideal without questioning it or considering other opinions. However, it’s clear throughout the book that there is a strong moral ideology