PROBLEM AND THEMATIC CONTENT OF O.WILDE’S NOVEL "THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY" AND ITS FIGURATIVE SYSTEM
Keywords:
aphorism, gibel, art, creation, image, myth, theory.Abstract
The novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray was conceived by Oscar Wilde as an apotheosis to the art, beauty, and perfection that are supreme beyond our ordinary human lives. But this is what lies on the surface. In fact, the author invites the reader to discover the depths, not to read the novel disparagingly. After all, the novel is about philosophical and aesthetic problems: about human existence, about the role of art and the beautiful in human life, about the role of ethical and aesthetic in relations between people. Oscar Wilde shows that art can become the highest judge of conscience: in fact, not justice, but Dorian Gray himself carries out punishment on himself. Art itself is also called upon to discover the most beautiful things in life. With the help of art, a person can realize his own "I", see himself and the world.
The novel is precisely about the effect of art on the soul. True art cannot have falsity, the beautiful must be beautiful, and if it is not what it seems, it is short-lived. And so Dorian Gray’s beauty - it wasn’t real. No, it was as if it was real, but only externally. Internally, the beauty was corrupted and in the end, Dorian Gray does not endure such a double life. He really wanted to destroy only the portrait, but he destroys himself - and justice triumphs!
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