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Full title · The Picture of Dorian Grayauthor · Oscar Wilde type of work · Novel genre · Gothic; philosophical; comedy of manners language · English time and place written · 1890, London date of first publication · The first edition of the novel was published in 1890 in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. A second edition, complete with six additional chapters, was published the following year. publisher · The 1891 edition was published by Ward, Lock & Company. narrator · The narrator is anonymous. point of view · The point of view is third person, omniscient. The narrator chronicles both the objective or external world and the subjective or internal thoughts and feelings of the characters. There is one short paragraph where a first-person point of view becomes apparent; in this section, Wilde becomes the narrator. tone · Gothic (dark, supernatural); sardonic; comedic tense · Past setting (time) · 1890s setting (place) · London, England protagonist · Dorian Gray major conflict · Dorian Gray, having promised his soul in order to live a life of perpetual youth, must try to reconcile himself to the bodily decay and dissipation that are recorded in his portrait. rising action · Dorian notices the change in his portrait after ending his affair with Sibyl Vane; he commits himself wholly to the “yellow book” and indulges his fancy without regard for his reputation; the discrepancy between his outer purity and his inner depravity surges. climax · Dorian kills Basil Hallward. falling action · Dorian descends into London’s opium dens; he attempts to express remorse to Lord Henry; he stabs his portrait, thereby killing himself. themes · The purpose of art; the supremacy of youth and beauty; the surface nature of society; the negative consequences of influence motifs · The color white; the picture of Dorian Gray; homoerotic male relationships symbols · The opium den; James Vane; the yellow book foreshadowing · Mrs. Vane’s failed marriage, as well as Sibyl’s portrayal of Juliet from Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, foreshadow the doomed nature of Sibyl’s relationship with Dorian Gray.
full title · Tess of the d’Urbervilles author · John Galsworthy type of work · Novel genre · realistic language · English time and place written · 1906, England date of first publication · 1906 narrator · point of view · The narrator speaks in the third person, and looks deep into the characters’ minds. The narrator is objective. tone · Realistic, pessimistic tense · Past setting (time) · setting (place) · protagonist · major conflict · rising action · climax · falling action · themes · motifs · symbols ·
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