Premium Content The Art of Immorality: Character Fate and Morality in Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
By Valerie Prevosnak - December 01, 2003
Murder, sex, scandal, and drug abuse-all of these sins of the main character thread together to shape Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, a dark tale of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth while his portrait bears the scars of his crimes. However, before Wilde's readers plunge into this dark immorality, they encounter the novel's…
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