The question ask to choose among the following choices that states the kind of visual example that the statement in your question states and the best answer would be letter A. Semiotics. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more if you have question and further clarification
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Well, I had to think about this one. It could have been A, but when I went over the definition of monstrous it meant a couple of things, one of them was large, the other one was horrible. Then I went to monstrosity. It only had one meaning large or unsightly. So I finally disclosed on D. I am very very very sorry if I got this wrong :(. Great luck. :D
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The line from which Helen grey implies that the author thinks physical beauty is not the most valuable quality would be “but so you miss that modest charm; which is the surest charm of them all” there’s no focus on any physical attribute but instead on the modesty of Helen grey
Even though the author of Dorian Gray preached aestheticism as the ultimate goal of arts, his work does not converge to that conclusion.
Oscar Wilde, along with other artists belonging to the movement, claimed to believe art is done for art's sake. That, behind books, pictures and music, there shouldn't be a deeper meaning, a lesson to be taught and learned, any political positioning to defend or attack. Art was, thus, only supposed to be beautiful.
However, Wilde's character Dorian finds himself sinking in life for his lack of moral. Concerned only about his own youth and beauty, Dorian is incapable of loving and connecting to another human being. Consequently, everyone around him suffers and he becomes a dark and lonely soul, whose sins and real age are apparent in a picture of him painted by a friend.
