Article Review
Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” analyses the society’s core moral precept. He discusses the connection between conscience and individualism and the environment. The societal conception comprises of the conscience factors which develop one’s character as presented by Wilde. They symbolize his collective image serving as dialectic representations of unconscious attitude, obsession, and evasiveness art ideals (Kovalova, 2019). Wilde uses Dorian Gray, Henry Wotton, and Basil Hallward to expose his personality.
Henry Wotton is considered selfish, manipulative, and shallow by outsiders. The latter is equivalent to Wilde, who perceived societal agendas influencing his personality. Henry believed testing subjects in Dorian Gray’s case was manipulative and therefore experiments his theories cowardly. Henry’s ignorance makes his assumed Dorian would only evaluate the theories. Wilde weaves via Henry the immoral views congruence, which failed to carry the actions in the society.
In his group, Basil Hallward is a kind and misunderstood figure. Wilde identifies the act in knowledge and the homosexuality aspect. Basil is also brilliant, and that artist, in his times, understands his painting and his value for real human beauty (Leonard, 2019). Despite that, his views at some point were corky. Like Basil, Wilde denotes primary homosexuality signs and that society tends to shield the whole process.
Dorian Gray, like Wilde, was hurting because he failed to nurture his sexuality. Dorian, like Wilde, signified pure self-death. On many occasions, Dorian wished his participation in homosexual activities would not affect societal perception. A very handsome person, Dorian was homosexual and decided to focus on getting immoral delight.
Oscar Wilde uses different characters in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” to discuss his personal qualities and experiences in life. Among them includes sinfulness, appearances, and kindness. Henry denotes how Oscar was viewed by society. Basil symbolizes Oscar’s real qualities, and the community misunderstood him, whereas Gray defines what Oscar wished to be in the city based on his façade, heart, and soul.