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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

1. Plot:

Dorian Gray is a dandy, a man !o s!o"ld li#$ li%$ in %"ll, &om'l$t$ly, r$alisin( !is is!$s and

dr$ams) on$ o% t!$ %$at"r$ o% a dandy is yo"t! t!at r$'r$s$nt *$a"ty. Yo"t! and *$a"ty &an (i#$

!a''in$ss.

Dorian at t!$ *$(innin( o% t!$ 'lay %as&inat$s a 'aint$r &all$d +asil and t!ans to a it&!&ra%t (i#$s

$t$rnal yo"t! on t!$ man !il$ on t!$ 'ortrait $ ill %ind t!$ si(ns o% a($ and #i&$s.

Dorian Gray no li#$s only %or 'l$as"r$ and main( "s$ o% $#$ryon$ and l$ttin( '$o'l$ di$d

ins$nsiti#$ly.

-$ no t!at at t!$ $nd Dorian and t!$ 'aint$r s$$ t!$ 'ortrait !o as '"t in an atti& and &o#$r$d.

-!$n Dorian s$$s t!$ 'ortrait !$ sta*s it and Dorian !ims$l% di$d and t!$ 'i&t"r$ r$t"rns to its

ori(inal '"rity.

At t!$ $nd Dorians %a&$ is it!$r$d, rinl$d, loat!som$ in %a&t !$n '$o'l$ s$$s !im di$d t!$y

dont r$&o(nis$ !im. T!$y r$&o(nis$ !im only %or a rin( t!at !$ is $arin(.

/. All$(ory:

It is a nin$t$$n &$nt"rys #$rsion o% t!$ myt! o% t!$ Fa"st: *ot! Dorian and Fa"st ar$ m$n !o s$ll

t!$ir so"l to d$#il to o*tain som$t!in(: in t!$ &as$ o% Dorian to o*tain yo"t!, in t!$ &as$ o% Fa"st to

o*tain nol$d($. Ho0 T!ans to t!$ 'i&t"r$ t!at r$'r$s$nt t!$ dar sid$ o% Dorian '$rsonality,

t!at is t!$ do"*l$. Dorian tri$s to %or($t t!is dar sid$ o% !is '$rsonality lo&in( is 'ortrait in a dar

room "nd$r a s!$$t.

2. 3oral:

E#$ry $4&$ss ill *$ '"nis!$d, r$ality &ant *$ $s&a'$d. -!$n Dorian d$stroys t!$ 'i&t"r$ !$ di$s,

t!$ 'i&t"r$ is t!$ sym*ol o% t!$ 5i&torian so&i$ty o% t!$ immorality o% t!$ *ad &ons&i$n&$ o% t!$

middl$ &lass. Dorians a''$aran&$ '"r$ and inno&$nt is t!$ sym*ol o% t!$ middl$ &lass !y'o&risy

!o o"ld li$ !id$ *$!ind a &"rtain. Finally t!$ 'i&t"r$ s!os -ild$s t!$ory o% art: art is $t$rnal

and mor$ im'ortant t!an li%$ and is art t!at ins. T!$ 'i&t"r$ r$&o#$rs all its '$r%$&tion and Dorian

di$s.

6. Narrator:

T!ird '$rson narrator it! an int$rnal 'ros'$&ti#$, t!$r$ is an id$nti%i&ation *$t$$n t!$ r$ad$r and

t!$ &!ara&t$r. T!$ s$ttin( is #$ry $ll d$s&ri*$d) (r$at im'ortan&$ is (i#$n to s$ns$s and '$r&$'tions

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and -ild$ "s$s t$&!ni7"$s ty'i&al o% drama: t!$ &!ara&t$rs r$#$al t!$ms$l#$s t!ro"(! !at t!$y say

or t!ro"(! !at ot!$r '$o'l$ say.

THE I3PORTANCE OF +EING ERNE8T

T!$ im'ortan&$ o% *$in( Ern$st is a 9Com$dy o% mann$r t!at d$als it! moral and so&ial

*$!a#io"r o% "''$r middl$ &lass$s '$o'l$ !o %ollo s'$&i%i& so&ial &od$s. T!$y ar$ $ll;mad$

'lays it! %i4$d 'att$rn o% 6 '!as$s:

1; $4'osition

/; &om'li&ation

2; &risis

6; r$sol"tion

in t!$ sam$ '$riod $ &an %ind &om'l$t$ly di%%$r$nt 'lays, t!$ 9Drama o% id$as t!at &onsists o%

&om$di$s !i&! d$als it! id$as in a itty and !"moro"s ay) t!$ sta($ is "s$d as a m$ans to

atta& $#ils and instit"tions or s!o !y'o&risy.

In t!is ind o% &om$dy $ !a#$ a *l$nd o% &om$dy, s$rio"s int$nt and dida&ti&ism) t!is ind o% 'lay

do$snt only aim at $nt$rtainin(, *"t a*o#$ all it aims at t!inin(, l$arnin( and drain( &on&l"sion.

In -ild$s &om$dy $ !a#$ 2 $yords to r$m$m*$r:

; '"n

; 'arado4

; 'arody

PUN: is a 'ly on ords !$r$ t!$ sam$ so"nd &orr$s'onds to di%%$r$nt ords or m$anin(s) %or

$4am'l$ in t!$ titl$ 9Ern$st is a nam$, *"t 9$arn$st m$ans !on$st and s$rio"s. In t!$ story

G$ndolyn ants to marry a man &all$d Ern$st and t!is is !y

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Play o% id$as:

H$ in#$nt$d drama o% id$as or dis&"ssion it! &omi&, tra(i& and %ar&i&al 'a($ 62/ o#$rton$s. T!$

&!ara&t$rs ar$ *rilliant s'$a$rs, t!$y !a#$ t!$ li%$ o% t!$ mind *"t t!$y la& t!$ armt! o% !"man

*$in(s. T!$ *$st $l$m$nt is t!$ dialo("$ and o% &o"rs$ dialo("$s ar$ *as$d on &ont$m'orary

'ro*l$ms s"&! as:

; militarism

; $7"ality o% om$n

; i%$ !"s*and r$lations!i'

; r$li(ion

; om$n s$$n as a li%$ %or&$ *$&a"s$ o% t!$ir $n$r(y *$yond int$ll$&t and *$&a"s$ o%

'ro&r$ation.

Anot!$r #$ry im'ortant 'oint ar$ t!$ sta($ dir$&tions: t!$y ar$ #$ry d$tail$d %or *ot! t!$ sta($

'rod"&$rs and %or r$ad$rs.

T!$ aims ar$:

; $sta*lis! t!$ *a&(ro"nd s&$n$ry and t!$ tim$ o% a&tion

; (i#$ a sort o% id$ntity &ard o% &!ara&t$rs

; ill"strat$ t!$ &!ara&t$rs '$rsonality

; d$s&ri*$ in d$tail a&tions or ($st"r$s, #oi&$s o% sta($

; &on#$y t!$ a"t!ors &omm$nts.

8tyl$:

T!$ s$nt$n&$s ar$ lon(, *"t t!$ $%%$&t is on$ o% s'$$d and sim'li&ity and t!$ ton$ is #ital.

D$#i&$s:

; 'arado4

; in#$rsion o% id$as

; "n$4'$&t$d

; tr"t! to($t!$r it! $4a(($rations

C!ara&t$rs:

T!$y say !at t!$y t!in inst$ad o% !at is $4'$&t$d and to t!$ 5i&torian a"di$n&$ it as s!o&in(

and am"sin(.

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