Monster Essays - The Picture of Dorian Gray: Evil
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Evil
The Picture Of Dorian Gray is yet another novel portraying evil.
The theme is very much reflected by the book's setting, plot structure and
characterisation. It shows how individuals can slowly deteriorate because
of the evil lying within themselves. The evil of this book is the evil
created by one's self and thrusted upon one's self. The power of greed and
selfishness take over Dorian Gray and create an ugly evil side to him.
The mid eighteenth century was a very influential era, specially in
England. This period judged much upon appearance and status. Dorian was a
very wealthy, intell....
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