The character is obsessed about being young and beautiful, and he refuses to let that part of him go. This is a main theme in the story, how the character never gets old and his fear of losing his beauty.
<em>In this passage from Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gary,” the Gothic theme that is being portrayed talks about fading beauty. </em>
<em>So the correct answer is Option C. </em>
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<u>Explanation:</u>
Wilde in this excerpt is addressing the reader and telling him/ her to live the years of their youth completely and perfectly without complaining about failures or listening to the tedious. He talks about the cruelty of time which slowly rips one away from one’s youth. He also speaks of the sudden realisation one has about ageing and the fear of not having accomplished anything. He is motivating the readers to live their youth and their lives to the fullest leaving behind any kind of fear as the time that goes away never comes back.
