The Picture of Dorian gray

OSCAR WILDE

“Oswaldo Lombeyda” High School English Name: Daniela Lisintuña

Course: 3ª BGU “A”

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Biography OSCAR WILDE Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) is a central figure in aesthetic writing. Wilde was a poet, fiction writer, essayist and editor. Wilde was one of the first pop idols. Oscar Wilde is often seen as a homosexual icon although as many men of his day he was also a husband and father. Wilde’s life ended at odds with Victorian morals that surrounded him. He died in exile.

Oscar Wilde had a quick and fluid intelligence coupled with a gift for languages. His early education included attending Porotra Royal School in Enniskillen (1873) Trinity College in Dublin (1874-1879), and Magdalen College in Oxford. He excelled in his studies. Along with his schoolwork, Wilde began to build his reputation as a poet. His early work garnered some success. In 1878, Oscar Wilde won the Newdigate prize for poetry. His entry was inspired by a vacation to Ravenna.

More crucial to his later fame, Oscar Wilde began to practice his aesthetic mode of life. Wilde kept his hair long and affected a highly stylized dress and manner. His rooms were well appointed. His collection of blue china was famous. Wilde’s pose was what he leveraged for his initial forays into fame. Wilde had many acolytes. But he also had his detractors, who at one point trashed his room.

Oscar Wilde moved to London in 1879. Wilde released a collection of poetry through the publisher Bogue in 1881. His first play, Vera, was also supposed to be performed. However, it was canceled. This was also the year Wilde would meet his future wife—Constance Mary Lloyd.

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SUMMARY Chapter 1 Lord Henry Wotton is located in the studio of Basil Hallward convincing him to send one of his works to a gallery but he refuses, to give the simple answer Too much of me in it, this response to Lord Henry asks an explanation a Basil, two months ago she met Dorian Gray, He is a Handsome tall man and since then they were every day, could not be a day without him because, he inspired for their works. When finished explaining, Lord Henry asks him to submit and Basil refuses because he knows that much influence in the life of Dorian, then, Basil decided to leave.

Chapter 2 Even in the studio, when Henry was leaving, they saw Dorian Gray who had just arrived.

Then, while he rested, Henry spoke with him, he spoke about his theories of beauty and told him he was not enjoying life. From that moment, Henry began to significantly affect the life of Dorian. When Basil finished the picture, Dorian was angry, began to be jealous of the table: I'll take old, horrible and frightening. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day is in June. If I could be the opposite! If it was me who remain forever young and the picture had to grow old!. Would give anything! Yes, there is nothing in the world that does not give! I would give my soul!

Chapter 3 Henry goes to visit his uncle Fermor to ask about Dorian Gray. When you have learned more in the life of his new friend, he went to lunch at the home of his Agate aunt, in the end, Dorian Gray breaks his promise Basil went to visit him and goes to Henry for a walk.

Chapter 4 A month later, Dorian is waiting at home to Lord Hendy but is delayed. In those moments, entered Lady Henry, and while they are talking, Lord Henry arrives and tells Dorian that will never marry. Dorian Henry confesses that he loves Sybil Vane, an beautiful famous actress who, since he met three weeks earlier, unable to stay one night without going to see her

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perform. That same evening at 0:30, Henry received a telegram from Dorian to say that he would marry Sybil Vane.

Chapter 5 In this chapter, Sybil Vane is the protagonist, first, she is at home with her mother telling her she is very happy, because she was going to marry "Prince Charming". "Prince Charming" it was the nickname he gave to Dorian Gray, but enters his brother James to say goodbye, he was leaving from Australia to be a sailor. When he heard the conversation, he swore to Sybil that if "Prince Charming" hurt him, go get him to kill him. Henry, Basil and Dorian stayed for dinner for go see Sybil Vane act.

Chapter 6 They arrive at the theater, for some reason, that night was full. When Sybil went on stage was as beautiful as ever, but his performance was painful. The audience began to whistle and talk, some laughed but most would. Then, Sybil ever made it worse but happier. When the performance ended, Dorian went into his dressing room and there she was, happy. Dorian told angry that night had done very badly, and she happy told him, deliberately not wanting to act more because now his life was not the theater but him. Dorian to heared that answer was angry with her and told her he did not want to see, because he behaved very badly with her and then left the dressing room leaving her on the floor, crying. Then he spent the night walking around the city. she arrived home, when stared missed his portrait, the portrait which was jealous for being younger than he had changed. Something wicked, the portrait of the boy, then realized that the portrait reflected his soul. After spending some thinking time decided to make things right with Sybil, he covered the box with a screen and went to sleep.

Chapter 7 When she woke up at noon, had a letter from Lord Henry on the table, but didn't open. Then, watching the box to try to find an explanation for what happened, Henry came to comfort him. Dorian didn't understand anything but Henry explained that what he had written in the letter was that Sybil Vane had died: the night before when he left home, he told his mother that once again, it would for one thing which was allowed in the clubhouse, but not returned, 4

they found her dead, had committed suicide. A Dorian, for a moment, he dropped the world over, but that night went to the opera and to come home and see the picture, decided that from then on was to live life without care about nothing because it was the picture that was carrying what he was doing Chapter 8 The next morning, Basil went to Dorian to comfort him for the death of his beloved, but seeing that Dorian was great and had forgotten everything that happened, got angry. Then he asked Dorian to return to pose for him but he refused, and then asked him to teach her portrait and when Dorian refused, it seemed strange and said he wanted to expose. At this, Dorian became nervous and told him that he could not expose for a reason I could not tell, they made a pact, if Basil told Dorian that are important to him, Dorian would teach the portrait. Basil, though it cost him, told him of her feelings for him, and at the end, Dorian said it was disappointing and did not want him to teach the portrait.

Chapter 9 Dorian, terrified if someone saw her portrait, decided to hide in a room that had been closed for many years and that he alone had the key. Then he wrote a letter to Lord Henry asking him to send something to read.

Chapter 10 Him many years elapse in which Dorian could leverage their physical youth to do various things. First, he decided to read the book that gave Lord Henry, a book that greatly influenced him was devoted for a while to study the perfume, during another period surrendered completely to music. Once he began studying jewelry. Later he devoted himself to the embroideries and tapestries. He devoted an entire year to meet the most exquisite specimens could find within the textile and embroidered handicrafts. He also had a special passion for religious vestments and everything related to the church service. All this he did to forget, escape the fear of death and old age. And in all these years, there was not a single day not to go to see his portrait.

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Chapter 11 The day before his thirty-eighth birthday, Dorian was on his way home when he met Basil coming from there. Basil told him he went to look for goodbye as he left Paris six months.

Then Dorian invited him to his house. When they arrived, Basil told Dorian wanted to talk to him about some things he had heard and who does not like anything. Dorian would not hear, but still, Basil told him, told him everything that people say about him, horrible things speak and also told him all that had gathered with Dorian had ended badly. In the end, they ended up talking about his soul and Dorian decided to teach the portrait.

Chapter 12 They reached the room, and when he saw the portrait Basil screamed in terror. The character of the picture was awful, but you could see that Dorian was then recognized that it was the portrait he had painted him, it was amazing. Basil started telling Dorian was horrible, the face of his soul was awful ... Dorian could not bear to tell him that and began to hate him suddenly while talking Basil, Dorian pounced on him and killed him a stab. Dorian left the house and rang the bell for him to open his steward who was sleeping, and could never suspect that Dorian killed Basil because it was supposed to just come home, and those hours, theoretically Basil had already taken the train for six months in France.

Chapter 13 The next morning, Dorian wrote two letters, one put it in his pocket and the other gave it to his butler to deliver it in a house. The letter was addressed to Alan Campbell, a handsome tall scientist who had been a friend of his, to go and visit him at his home. Alan arrived at the agreed time but his greeting was not thought again set foot in this house, Gray. But it seems that this is a matter of life or death. You could tell he was very angry with Dorian for something that happened in the past, but still, Dorian asked his favor. He wanted to destroy the corpse with a chemical so there would be no trace and as Alan did not want, he threatened that would send a letter he had written in his pocket. Mr. Campbell was forced to accept, then Dorian gave them the day off his servants to not learn what it had to do Alan. That same day in the evening, there was no longer any trace of the body but in the portrait were bloodstains on his hands.

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Chapter 14 That night, Dorian went to dinner at the home of Lady Narborough. Dorian Henry noticed something was wrong because I was really down. And besides, Dorian left early dinner saying he had to go home. Once home, he decided to change clothes and go somewhere.

Upon leaving, he saw a car and told him to take him to an address, he refused because he was far away, then Dorian gives a gold coin and says he will give you another if you aid me. The driver immediately accepted and in an hour arrived.

Chapter 15 An hour later, they arrived at the agreed address, the driver stopped at a port Dorian who paid the gold coin he owed.

Once alone, Dorian entered into a shack full of strange people smoking opium, to get to the bottom, Dorian saw an acquaintance, and after some talk with him, left, was uncomfortable if that was there. When leaving two women said There goes the pact with the devil, hearing this, Dorian was angry, then a woman said What you like is to be called Prince Charming, no?. Suddenly a sailor who seemed asleep was jumped and ran behind Dorian. He when he found on the street, grabbed him and was about to kill him because he had killed his sister, Sybil Vane, then, Dorian came to tell him that he could not be, because eighteen years of that, and he was very young. James then asked for forgiveness and let him escape. Later, the two women came and told him that Dorian had just eighteen years young. At this, the sailor was running behind Dorian, but this was gone. A week later, Dorian was in the conservatory at Selby Royal talking to the Duchess of Monmouth and Lord Henry, among others. Then left alone in the greenhouse and he seems to see the face of James Vane, seeing this, she faints.

Chapter 16 The next day he didn't leave the house, he began to obsess on pursuing him to kill him, and ended up regretting killing his friend. Lord Henry entered his room and found him crying.

Until the third day didn't dare to leave, and went hunting with some friends, but inadvertently, one killed a man behind a tree. From that moment, Dorian became obsessed with it was a bad omen, and soon something would happen to him. But that afternoon, went to visit the largest stores to speak of the accident, he said, the corpse, which looked like a sailor. Dorian went 7

to him and, seeing the lifeless body was that of James Vane, he let out a cry of joy. At last he was safe.

Chapter 17 When he got home, he told his servant to go to bed, went to the library and began to think. It destroyed a mirror, he regretted having said that phrase when his friend finished the portrait.

He decided to change his life forever and went to see the picture if it had changed for the worse. Then he realized that he had not been good lately, but hypocritical and vain. Suddenly, he took the knife with which he stabbed Basil and stuck in portrait, a horrible scream of pain was heard throughout the house and when the servants got into the room, saw the portrait of his master, so young handsome as ever, but the ground was a horrible, wrinkled old man with a dagger stuck in the heart, only, acknowledged it was Dorian ring.

MESSAGE he book I liked, and I found entertaining and interesting. I think this book teaches us to have values in life, and tries to explain that beauty is not everything.

In turn, this book seems a critique of society's obsession with beauty. Dorian is a fictional character representing reality, especially for young people today who are obsessed by beauty and reach the point that they become selfish and don't care about anything else, just looking good. And don't realize that, who really hurts is to themselves and the people who love them.

I think what Oscar Wilde tries to explain through this work is that we are able to lose our soul for a nice body.

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