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Religious Ideology in

Oscar Wildes novelThe Picture ofDorian Graydent: adalina !ivolaru

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Oscar Wilde16 October 1854 30 November 1900

Irish of English origin Victorin !thor" #l$%right n& #oet

'is chil&hoo&( )other* #oet" feminist" ver$ originl %omn+,nte& little girl+ -resse& him s s!ch+ .ther l%$s bsent

E&!ction ( /rinit$ ollege in -!blin" Ofor&

"ictorian #iterary $ove$ents:/%o brnches hve evolve& from theromntics

2 ets ( %orshi# of be!t$ thing of be!t$ is 7o$ forever2 /hen"re*#helites ref+ to #hel n& the Itlin renissnce s thee#itom$ of be!t$2 :irth of esthetic )ovement ( %rt for art&s sa'e

b2 :l;e n& ,or&s%orth ( the socil tren& contin!e& b$ -ic;ens n&

#o#!lr novels of the 19th cent!r$O+,il&e belongs to the

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The Struggle (ith society)/he Victorin mentlit$ #!t em#hsis on #!ritnism n& h$#ocris$

-,il&e c;no%le&ges his se!l #references for men+ 'o%ever" hemrries %omn %ith %hom he hs t%o chil&ren+

- :ecomes %ell*;no%n for his #oems" n& #l$s+ In 1890 >/he ict!re of-orin ?r$@" his

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-es#ite ,il&eDs se!l orienttion" he &i& his best to

concel it for fer of #rosec!tion+ /his incl!&e& hisbecoming betrothe& n& #ro&!cing t%o sons+

/herefore" the %riter himself e#erience& t%o strongcon=icts( the former %s %ith his inner self b$ &en$ing hisinnte nt!re" n& the ltter %s c!se& b$ the religio!s

beliefs %hich g!i&e& the societ$ of tht times

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/he ict!re of -orin ?r$

!mmr$

-orin ?r$ is the s!b7ect of f!ll*length #ortrit in oil b$ :sil'll%r&" n rtist %ho is im#resse& n& inft!te& b$

-orinFs be!t$G he believes tht -orinDs be!t$ is res#onsible forthe ne% mo&e in his rt s #inter+ /hro!gh :sil" -orin meetsHor& 'enr$ ,otton" n& he soon is enthrlle& b$ the ristocrtFshe&onistic %orl&vie%( tht be!t$ n& sens!l f!l

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/he foremost theme in The Picture of Dorian Grayis estheticism n& its conce#t!lreltion to living &o!ble life

Hor& 'enr$ #hiloso#hicll$ tells -orin tht( >rime belongs ecl!sivel$ to the lo%eror&ers + + + I sho!l& fnc$ tht crime %s to them %ht rt is to !s" sim#l$ metho& of

#roc!ring etror&inr$ senstions@ J im#l$ing tht -orin is t%o men" re

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Good vs* +vil

/he !ltimte str!ggle in The Picture of Dorian Grayisbet%een -orinFs %rring si&es %hich m;e binr$o##osites+ /he chrcter himself encom#sses both#!re goo& n& #!re evil+ In &&ition to this" ?r$

e#eriences &is#lcement c!se& b$ 'enr$Dsin=!ence( this le&s to t!rning from n innocent $o!ngmn into %retche& n& trechero!s in&ivi&!l %hobers resemblnce to the #ro

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To be good is to be in harmony with ones self,he replied, touching the thin stem of his glasswith his pale, ne-pointed ngers. Discord is tobe forced to be in harmony with others. Onesown lifethat is the important thing. !s for the

li"es of ones neighbours, if one wishes to be aprig or a #uritan, one can $aunt ones moral"iews about them, but they are not onesconcern. %esides, &ndi"idualism has really thehigher aim. 'odern morality consists in

accepting the standard of ones age. & considerthat for any man of culture to accept thestandard of his age is a form of the grossestimmorality.

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In Arts

/he )?) movie relese& in 1945 &irecte&b$ lbert He%in fithf!l ttion2

-orin ?r$ L0092* mo&ern

cinemtogr#hic ##roch %hich lters the#lot

t$Fs song >ing for the -$ referencesthe tit!lr chrcter %ith the line" Fgeless

n& timeless s -orin ?r$F+

n o#er #l$ %ritten b$ Ho%ell Hiebermnnis bse& on the novel