道林格雷的画像The-Picture-of-Dorian-Gray

ThePictureofDorianGrayByOscarWildeJOEY本英2no,11CONTENTS1Coversofthebook2Author&Summary3Strengths&Analysis

4MyunderstandingCoverofthebook1Author&Summary2OscarWilde

wasanIrishpoetandplaywright.Afterwritingindifferentformsthroughoutthe1880s,hebecameoneofLondon'smostpopularplaywrightsintheearly1890s.Heisbestrememberedforhisepigramsandplays,hisnovelThePictureofDorianGray,andthecircumstancesofhisimprisonmentandearlydeath.Wilde‘scareerwasstoppedbyscandal.Hewassenttoprisonforhomosexuality.Whenhecameoutofprison,hemovedtoParisanddiedabrokenman.ThePictureofDorianGrayisOscarWilde‘sonlynovelanditisabrilliantstoryaboutmoraldecadence(道德败坏).Henry

WottonDorianGrayBasilHaywardAboutthestoryAboutthestoryStrengths&Analysis31Symbolism【Strengths】BasilHayward

→ID（本我)DorianGray→Ego(自我)Henry

Wotton→Superego(超我))Amodernfable2Aestheticism【Strengths】BeautyinuglinessUglinessinbeauty↓ArtisinspiredbylifebutbeyonditArtisnotsubjecttomoralrestrictions3Contrast【Strengths】Beauty&UglinessGood&EvilHedonism&Moralresponsibility(享乐主义).【Classiclines】Eternal

youth,

infinite

passion,

pleasures

subtle

and

secret,

wild

joys

andwildersins—hewastohaveallthesethings.永恒的青春，无限的激情、微妙而隐喻的欢愉、狂野的快乐以及更狂野的罪孽——他将拥有所有这一切。Peopledieofcommonsense,Dorian,onelostmomentatatime.Lifeisamoment.Thereisnohereafter.Somakeitburnalwayswiththehardestflame.人们通常都死在常识上面，道林，一次浪费一个机会。生活就是这一个机会，没有后来。所以让你的生命之火永远闪耀最灿烂的火花吧。【Classiclines】Somethingsarepreciousbecausetheydon'tlast.有些事物因为短暂才珍贵。Everyexperienceisofvalue.

任何经历都是有价值的。

Onecharmofthepastisthatit'sthepast.

过去的魅力之一在于它已成过往。

Youhavenorighttomelancholy.Yourlifeisexquisite.

你没有忧郁的权利，你的生活是极美的。

Myunderstanding4My

understanding

Whatisthemostimportantthingthroughoutourlife?Theanswersurelyvariesfrompersontoperson.Inthebook,youthandbeautyarewhatvaluethemosttoDorianGray.However,onemustpayforhistalentbecausehumandesiresareendless.DorianGray,oncebeautiful,pure,andinnocent,wasbecomingmoreandmoreugly,evilandhypocriticalafterlosingcontrolofhisbeautyandsoul.

Beautyisvulnerable.Weappreciatedbeauty;weadmireit,becauseweknowthatitwouldvanish.Inthisnovel,Wildemainlyfocusedonthe“apparentbeauty”.Andwecan’tdenythateveninmodernsociety,apparentbeautyisstillpursuedbyagreatnumberofyouths.Sometimes,thosebeautyfaces,alsoleadtomanytragedieswhetherphysicallyormentally.Butwhatistherealandeternalbeauty?AsfarasI’mconcerned,therealbeautylivesinourhearts.Thebeautyofappearancewilldecade,itisnature’srule,andthisis,Ithink,thefairnessofthewo