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The extract is taken from the eleventh chapter of The Picture of Dorian Gray and it provides some information about Dandyism. Five sequences may be detected:
In the first sequence the third person omniscient narrator introduces the setting, that is Dorian Gray's house. Not only the outside of the house is beautiful but also the interior is organised in order to create a typical aesthetic atmosphere based on the senses like smell sight and hearing. Dorian Gray has invited only poeple who can appreciate art and beauty, that is the cultured one. These poeple are charmed by Dorian Gray's and long for go to his house. In the second sequence the narrator gives information about Dorina Gray's conception of life. He is facinated by fascon and Dandysm, that is "an attemp to assert the absolute modernity of beauty. In addition, according to him life is the greatest of the arts, therefore it has to be lived intensely because it is fleeting. A lots of refined poeple are facinated by him and try to copy him, so he was a point of reference .
In the third sequence is presented Dorian Gray's desire and expectation for the future. He isn't interested to be consulted about the way of wearing, indeed he wants to elaborate a new lifestyle based on the senses. In the sequence Dorian Gray's high expectations for the future emerge together with the reference to the classical culture that was a point of reference for Dandyes.
The fourth sequence is about Dorian Gray's opinion about the refusal of the senses. The senses, indeed were rejected because were considered as instincts and therefore poeple were afraid of them because they hadn't an order and a balance.
In the fith sequence is presented the edonistic philosophy supported by Dorian Gray: Edonism has to contrast to Puritanism and Ascetism because they oppress passion and the senses and don't allow to live a full existence.
The extract may be condidered as a summary of the main principle of the aesthetic movement, indeed in the first sequence the narrator appeals to senses, insted in the other sequences there is an explenation about Dorian Gray's relation with the senses
In the first sequence the third person omniscient narrator introduces the setting, that is Dorian Gray's house. Not only the outside of the house is beautiful but also the interior is organised in order to create a typical aesthetic atmosphere based on the senses like smell sight and hearing. Dorian Gray has invited only poeple who can appreciate art and beauty, that is the cultured one. These poeple are charmed by Dorian Gray's and long for go to his house. In the second sequence the narrator gives information about Dorina Gray's conception of life. He is facinated by fascon and Dandysm, that is "an attemp to assert the absolute modernity of beauty. In addition, according to him life is the greatest of the arts, therefore it has to be lived intensely because it is fleeting. A lots of refined poeple are facinated by him and try to copy him, so he was a point of reference .
In the third sequence is presented Dorian Gray's desire and expectation for the future. He isn't interested to be consulted about the way of wearing, indeed he wants to elaborate a new lifestyle based on the senses. In the sequence Dorian Gray's high expectations for the future emerge together with the reference to the classical culture that was a point of reference for Dandyes.
The fourth sequence is about Dorian Gray's opinion about the refusal of the senses. The senses, indeed were rejected because were considered as instincts and therefore poeple were afraid of them because they hadn't an order and a balance.
In the fith sequence is presented the edonistic philosophy supported by Dorian Gray: Edonism has to contrast to Puritanism and Ascetism because they oppress passion and the senses and don't allow to live a full existence.
The extract may be condidered as a summary of the main principle of the aesthetic movement, indeed in the first sequence the narrator appeals to senses, insted in the other sequences there is an explenation about Dorian Gray's relation with the senses