dorian gray oral presentation
DESCRIPTION
The beauty obsession from Dorian Gray to nowadaysTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The beauty obsession from Dorian Gray to
nowadays
Sofia Milesi, IV lingue
![Page 2: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
the novelgenre: gothic-horror author: Oscar WildeLippincott’s Monthly Magazine (1890) critics -> immoral6 chapters + Preface
“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all” (Oscar Wilde, Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray)
“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all” (Oscar Wilde, Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray)
“Non esistono libri morali o immorali. I libri sono scritti bene o scritti male.” Questo è tutto. (traduzione a cura della candidata)
“Non esistono libri morali o immorali. I libri sono scritti bene o scritti male.” Questo è tutto. (traduzione a cura della candidata)
![Page 3: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
plot
BeautyBeauty
![Page 4: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
![Page 6: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
novel’s features
A genre of fiction characterized by a mysterious atmosphere and supernatural horror, usually having a pseudo-medieval setting (The Free Dictionary)
A genre of fiction characterized by a mysterious atmosphere and supernatural horror, usually having a pseudo-medieval setting (The Free Dictionary)
gothic novel
Un genere di prosa caratterizzato da un’atmosfera misteriosa e dall’horror sovrannaturale, che solitamente si svolge in un ambiente pseudo-medievale (traduzione a cura della candidata)
Un genere di prosa caratterizzato da un’atmosfera misteriosa e dall’horror sovrannaturale, che solitamente si svolge in un ambiente pseudo-medievale (traduzione a cura della candidata)
setting setting
West End London
East End London
horror elementshorror elements
![Page 7: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
characters
Dorian GrayDorian Gray Lord Henry WottonLord Henry Wotton
Basil HallwardBasil Hallward Sibyl VaneSibyl Vane
![Page 8: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
beauty obsession
BeautyAesthetic movementmodern philosophy
![Page 9: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
![Page 10: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
girls/women boys/men
![Page 11: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
11.7 million cosmetic surgeries in the U.S. in 2007 (YWCA)
100$ a months for beauty products and treatments (YWCA)
10 million women suffer from an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia in the U.S. in 2007 (YWCA)
![Page 13: Dorian Gray oral presentation](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050722/549c28d7b47959a5318b469d/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
The End