Wilde's the Picture of Dorian Gray

Nassaar, Christopher S.

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“…The picture of Dorian, the protagonist of the novel, itself emerges as a scripture revealing humans' imperative code of life. Nassaar (1999) finds an intact bond between the lightness of the picture at the inception of the narrative and Dorian's impeccable innocence, and between the weight of the framed picture and Dorian's subsequent moral coarseness. In the end, the picture remains victorious as the embodiment of human conscience that wears lightness as it should be and hangs from up unlike its leaning against the wall when it represented Dorian's soul burdened with sins (Nassaar, 1999).…”

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Oscar Wilde’s aesthetic cynicism and humanistic liberalism in the picture of Dorian Gray: A post-modern assessment

Hossain

2023

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In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, regarding myriad aspects of life, comes up with commendable aesthetic notions just before he serves on the table, as to them, direly cynical views. Each of the appealing concepts gives one an intellectually euphoric realization as much as each of the cynic additions, instantly, renders one confused. Surprisingly, the seemingly deliberate twists added to the aesthetic considerations make them more beautiful and thought-provoking. Wilde’s cynical parts characteristically offer an obvious liberalism which profoundly hinges upon humanity. This article intends to investigate into the narrative with the post-modern literary outlooks with the belief that such an appraisal might provide a scholastically apt understanding of Oscar Wilde.DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v7i2.8346

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confidence: 99%