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The Play is the Thing  When exclaiming "The play's the thing!" we're seldom asked what "thing" we mean. Prince Hamlet, however, has something specific in mind, and so do I (although I am not looking to see what is rotten in Denmark). For this next unit, my "thing" is to have our bright young scholars read the Read Magazine version of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The students will then "perform" the play for the. Synopsis of The Picture of Dorian Gray  The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism (a school of thought which argues that pleasure is the only intrinsic good), Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfillment of the senses. Realizing that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian (whimsically) expresses a desire to sell his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has painted would age rather than himself. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, plunging him into debauched (corrupt) acts. The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul, with each sin displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through a sign of aging. |
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