"You will become sallow, and hollow-cheeked, and dull-eyed" (Wilde 24).
2.) panegyric - (n.) a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy (dictionary.com)
"Then had come Lord Henry Wotton with his strange panegyric on youth, his terrible warning of its brevity" (27).
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1.) "'Yes,' continued Lord Henry 'that is one of the great secrets of life - to cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul. You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know'" (23).
This quote comes in at the part when Dorian and Lord Henry are in the garden. This quote was said after Dorian Gray said that the only thing to cure the soul was the senses. this is Lord Henry's response, and he is telling Dorian to live his life at the fullest while he can, while he is still beautiful. Lord Henry encourages Dorian to live a hedonistic life, because he will not be subjected to as much pleasure when he is older and not as good looking. This relates to the theme of beauty, since Lord Henry is make it seem as if it is above all else. Dorian and the others can only he truly happy if he is living his live to the fullest. That is because he will be able to know that everyone thinks well of him, since all they see of him is the charm he radiates.
2.) "'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me'" (29).
This quote comes in when the portrait of Dorian is completed. It seems as if Dorian took in what Lord Henry stated in the above quote. In this quote, Dorian realizes that he is to enjoy his live while he can, since he will not always look as he does in the painting. After Dorian says the above piece, Basil offers to destroy the painting, since he does not want it to disrupt their friendship. Dorian says that would not be necessary, since it took so much work to complete. Also, Dorian's response relates to Wilde's own view of art, "All art is quite useless" (2). At the time, art was seen as the very best of life captured on canvas. Dorian shares WIlde's character in that way, since they both denounce art. This also reveals a possible coorelation between Wilde and Dorian in fate, since Lord Henry was considered a bad influence by Basil, and he might go on to do similar things to what Wilde did in his own life.
This quote comes in at the part when Dorian and Lord Henry are in the garden. This quote was said after Dorian Gray said that the only thing to cure the soul was the senses. this is Lord Henry's response, and he is telling Dorian to live his life at the fullest while he can, while he is still beautiful. Lord Henry encourages Dorian to live a hedonistic life, because he will not be subjected to as much pleasure when he is older and not as good looking. This relates to the theme of beauty, since Lord Henry is make it seem as if it is above all else. Dorian and the others can only he truly happy if he is living his live to the fullest. That is because he will be able to know that everyone thinks well of him, since all they see of him is the charm he radiates.
2.) "'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me'" (29).
This quote comes in when the portrait of Dorian is completed. It seems as if Dorian took in what Lord Henry stated in the above quote. In this quote, Dorian realizes that he is to enjoy his live while he can, since he will not always look as he does in the painting. After Dorian says the above piece, Basil offers to destroy the painting, since he does not want it to disrupt their friendship. Dorian says that would not be necessary, since it took so much work to complete. Also, Dorian's response relates to Wilde's own view of art, "All art is quite useless" (2). At the time, art was seen as the very best of life captured on canvas. Dorian shares WIlde's character in that way, since they both denounce art. This also reveals a possible coorelation between Wilde and Dorian in fate, since Lord Henry was considered a bad influence by Basil, and he might go on to do similar things to what Wilde did in his own life.
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