Life’s Duality and Beauty in the Picture of Dorian Gray
Words: 831 Pages: 3 8845Introduction Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" delves into the profound tension between the internal lives of individuals and the facades they project onto the external world. This Victorian novel, imbued with Christian motifs of sin and redemption, explores the concept of a double life—outwardly maintaining a facade of respectability while inwardly engaging in morally questionable behavior. Wilde's narrative is rich with symbolism, most notably the portrait of Dorian Gray, which acts as a repository for Dorian's accumulated sins. […]