In The Picture of Dorian Gray, one might say that this book is overflowing with different signs of a man with an overactive imagination. This character, despite the other characters that show an intense amount of imagination, is Dorian Gray. Another character whose imagination seems to take over so much that it is his reality is Lord Henry. Lord Henry actually propelled Dorian Gray into using his imagination more often. Not in a positive way but in a way in which Dorian sees things only as beauty and art. In a way that is only to please the senses and nothing more. The main reason for Dorian Grays sinful actions and the initial force that caused Dorian participate in all these immoral ways of living, is indeed Lord Henry’s first speech.
Dorian first met Lord Henry when Basil, the artist, makes a portrait of Dorian. At this part of this story, one can infer almost immediately that Lord Henry is very imaginative and manipulative in the way he arranges his words in order to change Dorian’s way of viewing life. Henry uses a combination of compliments and philosophic analogies to somehow get inside of Dorian’s head and manipulate him into thinking the way he wants. Henry’s imagination works in a way where he exaggerates the truth in order to get what he wants. When Lord Henry and Dorian are sitting in the garden, Lord Henry tells Dorian that if he gets sun burnt he will become very “spoiled and Basil will never paint him again”. This is both a sort of compliment because what he is saying is that he is so good looking that if he were to get burnt, his beauty would be no more. But at the same time he is also saying that his beauty is all he has, and that he needs to keep that because it is the most important thing to have. In this way, Lord Henry uses his imagination to find the way that works to manipulate Dorian Gray.
Lord Henry becomes successful in influencing Dorian into becoming a sinful man. The first time we see this is when Dorian Gray falls in love with an amazing actress named Sybil Vane. Dorian falls in love with Sybil’s acting, because of its grace and beauty. This shows that Dorian’s imagination had been tainted by Henry because his morals prior to meeting Henry was not anything like what they are now. Dorian’s imagination is now only about the beauty and the pleasure of the senses, whether the way he goes about is by sinning or not.
Dorian finds creative and imaginative ways for him to please his senses, by sinning excessively.
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1) The first paragraph is very straight-forward and relevent to the topic from the novel.It is clear for the reader to understand where this essay is heading.
ReplyDelete2) In the novel, The Picture of Dorain Gray, there are many charcters overflowing with imagnation. Espeacially the main character, Dorain Gray. The thesis staement was exactly at the beggnning of the intruduction, so it gave the pathway for me to understand it well.
3)The main concept of the paper seems to be about the characters having a relative connection with imagination, and the paragraphs are not too long for details and evidence. There are come points like the connection with dorain's imgae that was mentioned, so it is somnehow distinct but i guess more details are necessary.
4)Not too much grammer or punctuation mistakes. Most of it made sense to me, but i think there are missing page numbers from the evidence given.
5)Theere isn't much proper in text, but there are4 uasage of examples from the novel itself.
6)The greatest strength that i found was that the essay was understandable and on point with answering the questions, i guess just more details is required.
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