ExploringOscarWilde’sTriplePersonalitiesinThepictureofDorianGray1.IntroductionThePictureofDorianGrayiswrittenbyOscarWilde,whichisonlyhisnovel.IthasagreatinfluenceinEnglishliteraturesinceitspublication.Thisnovelisknownbyagoodmanyofreadersnotonlythefameoftheauthorbutitsbeautifullanguages,attractiveplotsandprofoundimplication.1.1TheIntroductionofOscarWildeOscarWilde(16October1854-30November1900)wasborninDublinandhealsogrewupthere.Wilde’sparentswereexcellentintellectuals.SotheyhadagreatinfluenceonWilde’slife.Inhisearlyages,hehadagoodcommandofbothFrenchandGerman.Atuniversity,firstatDublin,hemajoredinclassicalstudiesatTrinityCollegeinwhichhegotanexcellentperformanceandwonthescholarshiptoOxford.AndthenatOxford,hewasfamousfortheaestheticismundertheinfluenceofWalterPaterandJohnRuskin,andbothofthemwerehismentor.Inaddition,heplayedanimportantroleinthelate19thcenturyaestheticmovementinBritain,itwassuchakindofmovementthatadvocated“artforart’ssake”.Tomostpeople,hewas:…theAnglo-IrishmanwithNationalistsympathies;theProtestantwithlife-longCatholiclearning;themarriedhomosexual;themusicianofwordsandpainteroflanguagewhoconfessedtoAndreGidethatwritingboredhim;theartistastridenottwobutthreecultures,andAnglo-FrancophileandaCeltatheat.(Raby88)Whatismore,WildehasangreatinfluenceonEnglishliterature.HewasalsoanoutstandingwriterinEnglishliterature,sohewasgoodatwritingindifferentformsduringthe1880s.Inaddition,hewasalsooneofthemostfamousdramatistsinLondonintheearly1890s.HeplayedanveryimportantroleinAestheticismasaspokesmanwithmanytalents.Alloftheevidencesshowedthathewasacharmingconversationalist.Afamouswrite,Yeatsoncesaid,“Ineverbeforeheardamantalkingwithperfectsentences,asifhehadwrittenthemallovernightwithlaborandyetallspontaneous.”(Wu308)Inadditiontohiswittyspeech,healsohadthetalentofactingwhichattractedmanypeople’sattention.Wiledwasfondofthebright-coloredcostumesthatwerethesameasdandiesinearly1800s,sothiskindofbehaviorwasalsoadistinctivecontrasttotheold-fashionedclothesofthelateVictorianmiddleclassatthattime.Asapoet,hewasdeeplyinfluencedbymanyEnglishpoets,suchasBrowning,SwinburneandRossetti,thosepeoplewhomadehimfeelhardtoshowhistalentinthisperiod.Unluckily,inthespringof1895,hewasarrestedintoprisonbecausethehomosexuality.Andhewassentencedtojailfortwoyears.Whatisworse,thesuccessofhimalsohasbeencollapsedwithnegativeeffect.Heneveryieldedtothebadthings,althoughhewasinprison,hestillcontinuedtowritingbooksduringthetwoyears.Sothereweretwofamousbooksthatwerepublishedinsuccessionbecauseofhistirelessefforts.Asawriter,poet,anddramatistwhosefamewasinviewofThePictureofDorianGray,hisonlynovel.Andhehasagoodmanyofmasterpieces,suchasLadyWindermere’sFanandTheImportanceofBeingEarnest.HisfairytalecanbecalledAndersen’s.Moreimportantly,WildeisoneofthemostinfluentialwritersinthenineteenthcenturyinEnglishliterature.1.2TheIntroductionofThePictureofDorianGrayThePictureofDorianGray,whichhadcreatedasensationwhenitwaspublishedin1891.Althoughtheappearanceofthisnovelwithcontroversyandarguments,ithasgotthefavorfrominnumerablereaderswithitshighartisticvalueandthought-provokingending.Inordertorevealthehiddennaturedesireofhuman,thenovelhadexistedforalongtime.Becauseofthegorgeousrhetoric,deadimageandheavyplotwereusedinthenovel.Itisastrikinglybizarrestorythatahandsomeyoungmanandhisselfishpursuitofsensualpleasures.DorianGr...
