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The Picture of Dorian Gray The beauty obsession from Dorian Gray to nowadays Sofia Milesi, IV lingue

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The beauty obsession from Dorian Gray to

nowadays

Sofia Milesi, IV lingue

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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)

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plot

BeautyBeauty

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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

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characters

Dorian GrayDorian Gray Lord Henry WottonLord Henry Wotton

Basil HallwardBasil Hallward Sibyl VaneSibyl Vane

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beauty obsession

BeautyAesthetic movementmodern philosophy

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girls/women boys/men

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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)

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The End