I need some Essay Topics for The Picture of Dorian Gray?

Question

Help! If someone has any topics I could use that are original, yet easy to defend on the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Answer 1

Well, there are these:



"Suggested Essay Topics

1. Discuss the relationship between Basil and Dorian.

2.Analyze the Gothic elements in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

3. Discuss the role of Sibyl Vane in the novel.

4. Discuss the parallels between Dorian’s story and the Faust legend. Does Dorian make a pact with the devil?

5. Why does Dorian decide to destroy the painting at the end of the novel?

6.Compare and contrast the characters of Basil and Lord Henry. What is their relationship to one another? To Dorian?"

Answer 2

How about the novel as a reflection of the general vanity of society? Dorian Gray was basically a horrible, vain, evil person, but because he was handsome and held a position in society, people were willing to overlook these flaws. Sound familiar?

Answer 3

'Time and Tide wait for no man', discuss with reference to The Picture of Dorian Gray.



Picture of Dorian Gray - 'The illusion of time.' - Discuss.



Picture of Dorian Gray - Just a bad varnishing job?

Answer 4

Vanity , amount of effort to uphold an image , Does evil always show on the face , Venereal disease Hidden in the attic by the Victorians . Destruction of others life by self seeking vanity

What was Wilde's character Sybil Vane driven to suicide by Gray's narcissism.

Enough to be going on with for just one essay I think!!

Answer 5

Is there any link between the life of Oscar Wilde and the events in this story?

Answer 6

How about man's desire for immortality?