Pay attention. Can you see the beautiful heavenly sky that is standing above us? Can you hear the river’s and wind’s duo that is singing the song of life? Can you feel the untouched beauty of the nature’s sweet innocence?
There is nothing that can be compared with it. Nothing is even close to it. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Art In ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Ajla
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dorian character in ‘The picture of Dorian Gray’ (by Arlinda Rezhdo)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
He was seated at the piano, with his back to them, turning over the pages of a volume of Schuman’s ‘Forest Scenes’. (pg. 22 – first paragraph)
In this paragraph we first see Dorian Gray, who we know since the first chapter by the words Basil described him to Lord Henry. As we go through the [...]
THE WOMEN in the chapters 1-7 of “The picture of Dorian Gray”, by Cecilia
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the firsts seven chapters of the novel the women are often mentioned, both as protagonists of general considerations and as specific individualities (Victoria and Sybil, mostly); I will firstly write about the latest.
Victoria, “laughed nervously as she spoke”(p.56), she “tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy”(p.56) when she meets [...]
Lord Henry trhough quotes.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lord Henry (called Harry by Basil and Dorian) is an upper class married man. He is middle age and in the first six chapters appears as Basil’s friend.
If I had to describe him in a few words, those may be: cynic, arrogant, immoral, independent, intelligent, self-confident and critic. I’ll discuss this while talking about his [...]
