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.
Answer:
Quoted from Ju liet's speech in Act III scene v of the play "Romeo and Ju liet" written by William Shakespeare.
Explanation:
The passage is a quote from Act III scene v of the play "Romeo and Ju liet" by William Shakespeare. Romeo and his lover Ju liet are from two feuding families, which poses the greatest threat to their "happily-ever-after'.
These lines spoken by Ju liet is from the scene right after they had spent the night together as a couple. But being a secret marriage, they still have to hide their real status so Romeo must leave her room before her parents find out. The nurse had come to warn them of her approaching mother Lady Capulet, which saves them. Ju liet's words in the excerpt shows how she also pines for him to be with her. She laments that while "s<em>ome say the lark makes sweet division</em>", for them it is not sweet but rather a separation.
Answer:
lavender
Explanation:
I place bars of lavender soap at the foot of my bed and under my pillow. I sleep well and without leg cramps.
Answer:
D. encompassed
Explanation:
This is the excerpt from James Joyce's "Araby".
The word bazaar might also be confusing, so let's just say it's a kind of open market.
So, we have a boy who rushes into that market and finds him self in a hall around which is a gallery with lots of empty, closed stalls.
That can be enough to infer the meaning of the word "girded" which is "surrounded", "encompassed" or "encircled".
Answer:
D by eating lunch at a restaurant
Explanation:
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