the picture of dorian gray
English, 18.09.2019 22:00, destineecoleman2001
Read this excerpt from oscar wilde's the picture of dorian gray.
the picture of dorian gray
by oscar wilde (excerpt)
you have only a few years in which to live really, perfectly, and fully. when your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats. every month as it wanes brings you nearer to something dreadful. time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses. you will become sallow, and hollow-cheeked, and dull-eyed. you will suffer ah! realize your youth while you have it. don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. these are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. live! live the wonderful life that is in you! let nothing be lost upon you. be always searching for new sensations. be afraid of a new hedonism—that is what our century wants. you might be its visible symbol. with your personality there is nothing you could not do. the world belongs to you for a
which gothic theme is portrayed in this passage?
a.
descent into madness
b.
unrequited love
c.
fading beauty
d.
life after death
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Read this excerpt from oscar wilde's the picture of dorian gray.
the picture of dorian gray
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