Dorian Gray Attic Quotes

Lord henry shares his ideas about artists including basil with.

Dorian gray attic quotes.

An example of the damage done by the portrait is shown in chapter 13 when dorian is driven to repeatedly stab basil in the chest as it shows in this quote the mad passions of a hunted animal stirred within him and he loathed the man sitting at the table more than in his whole life he had ever loathed anything. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit. Lord henry understands that he can mold and shape dorian to his own liking. The ugly and stupid have the best of it in this world.

Dorian gray quotes 1 you know how a voice can stir one. It first appeared in lippincott s monthly magazine in 1890 and was revised and published as a book the following year. Men marry because they are tired women because they are curious. Wilde who was famous for his wit used the controversial work to explore his ideas about art beauty morality and love.

Never marry at all dorian. Your voice and the voice of sibyl vane are two things that i shall never forget. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating. A great poet a really great poet is the most unpoetical of all creatures.

You will always be fond of me. Just as basil transformed dorian into a work of art basil could call his own lord henry seeks to transform dorian into an entity of his own making. The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play.

The narrator reveals lord henry s thoughts and plans after learning of dorian s history and lack of family ties. He glanced wildly around. The picture of dorian gray is the only known novel by oscar wilde.