The fascination of sin

The Picture of Dorian Gray is one quite rightly to the greatest works of world literature. Well everyone knows the story of the young, beautiful Dorian of pledged his soul to stay young forever and in its place is aging can be Portrait. First, startled and confused about the changes in the image, Dorian notices soon that even immoral acts his face can not take the appearance of youth and especially of innocence and the decay of his soul only in the painting is clear that he, however, before the eyes to hide the world knows. This knowledge filled him with satisfaction and he enjoys it literally to observe the changes of its interior. He gets more and more into a spiral of immoral and destructive behavior. The fascination he feels for his terrible deeds, the Leserhierbei also clearly demonstrated how the suddenly blazing afraid of himself, although rare but regularly plagues him.

Oscar Wilde paints a picture of a superficial and based on superficialities society, which is still up to date. It is the appearance that plays the biggest role, youth and beauty the most desirable properties. Everything does not meet these ideals is reduced counted. And today's readers will recognize parallels to his world, by the importance of the the exterior is attached (through television, magazines, etc.). This is therefore not a dusty subject on which you can not find a connection, but one that has not lost its relevance today. In addition, it manages to captivate his readers Oscar Wilde and to fully immerse him in the world Dorians. The Picture of Dorian Gray met in my opinion all claims that you can make a book; very well written, smart and also entertaining.