What Is The Structure Of Dorian Gtray

The analysis of "THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY" by Oscar Wilde

THE AUTHOR Oscar Wilde was an author and a poet from Ireland of the second half of the 19th century. The author is from a successful family of intellectuals. He was a classicist at Dublin and Oxford universities. Later he was a lecturer. When he moved back to London he became a journalist. Oscar Wilde married a daughter from a rich family Constance Lloyd and had two kids with her but later he was imprisoned for his relationship with another man. He died of cerebral meningitis. In his works Oscar Wilde was focusing more on the dialogs of the main characters rather than detailed setting ant the plot.
THE SETTING
TIME SETTING General time setting: The time in the book was not given

The other inner conflict is Dorian Gray seeing his true soul and sins in his picture and accepting it or trying to change it with morality.
OUTSIDE CONFLICTS We can find an outside conflict when people were talking about Dorian Gray and spreading rumours about him.
CHARACTERS
DORIAN GRAY -a wealthy young and very handsome man with scarlet lips, gold hair and blue eyes whose picture was painted by the painter Basil Hallward. Dorian Gray makes a wish to keep his beauty and youth forever while the picture of him would get old. After he makes this wish his true soul and all his sins starts to appear in the picture while Dorian’s appearance stays as it was. Dorian Gray is the protagonist of the book – the events revolves around him therefore he is a major character. He is also a round character because we can see his complex personality and emotions. Dorian Gray is a dynamic character because he changes a lot throughout the book. Lord Henry has made a big influence in Dorian’s changing

However, her love for Dorian influenced her acting – she could not act anymore like she used to because she could not show love on the stage when she loved Dorian. After seeing how bad she acts Dorian brakes his engagement with Sybil and she commits suicide out of love. Sybil Vane is a minor, round- we can see her love for Dorian, and static character.
SYMBOLS The most important symbol in the book is Dorian Gray’s picture – we see his soul as the picture changes. Another symbol is the book that Lord Henry gives to Dorian Gray. It shows how Lord Henry influenced Dorian.
THE TITLE The title of the book gives quite clear idea what this book is going to be about. The title “The picture of Dorian Gray” shows the importance of the picture to the story and that the book revolves around it.
THE MESSAGE The message of the book is that with sinful and immoral soul good looks does not give you happiness.
PERSONAL OPINION When I started to read this book it was quite difficult to understand everything. However, the deeper I got to the content of the book the more I liked it because it showed how one can behave just to have good appearance and how horrible the consequences of a one wish can