“Everyone likes him, and I… love him […] Prince Charming, my wonderful lover” (Wilde71).
Both Sybil and Dorian are taken their emotions to the extreme. They claim to be in love with each other but they certainly do not know what love is. Nothing they say about each is something that validates grounds for love. They see beauty in each other but it could be nothing but physical attraction. What they are displaying is nothing but another foolish high school relationship. The perfect representation of this was in the Valentine’s Day movie, in the depiction of Willy and Felicia’s relationship played by Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift. Their relationship was not based on anything but looks. They were to good looking teenager you happen to fall into a relationship. This is exactly what Dorian and Sybil are doing. Sybil does not even know Dorian’s name but she is engaged to him. It is certainly charming that she refers to him as Prince Charming. It is a little ridiculous because the first thing most people do when they first meet is exchange names. They are not taking marriage very seriously. Dorian says that marriage is “an irrevocable vow” (82). Marriage is a vow for the rest of one’s life and knowing someone for a couple of days does not give one enough time to make such an important decision. Dorian wants to be Romeo but Romeo lived a week after his encounter with love. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, no one knows if they would still love each other after a month or a year.
“Yes Dorian, you will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit” (84).
Henry is like Dorian Dark angel. He pushes the poor guy towards sin and indulgences, even when Dorian tries his best to push of but he still comes back. Henry method resembles those of Chillingworth. Because, Henry in a way is destroying who Dorian is just based on a social experiment and amuses him. Dorian is a puppy at Henry’s mercy and will never escape the arm that is already done because it is internal damage. Henry single handedly destroyed any change Dorian has to a normal life. Even if Henry was no longer in his life Dorian would probably still will be bounded to his word. Dorian is stuck in a cycle of self destruction and he does not even know it. Dorian does not understand the gravity of the situation he is in. He is no longer practicing virtues and his vices but he does not know it. One must wonder, what would Dorian do when he learns he is nothing but a social experiment and that his soul did not mean anything to one of his close friends.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)

No comments:
Post a Comment