get wilde.

Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray was a fascinating read. Though the bard, who Oscar so often quoteth in his novel, once wrote, 'Brevity is the soul of wit', Oscar has come to show that even a largely ambagious story can still bear tremendous wit and insight on beauty, relationships and human nature. Lord Henry Wooton's pithy epigrams display all the genius and charm that Wilde is so renowned for. It is a remarkable piece of philosophy on the nature of beauty well disguised as a novel on the corruption of the human soul.

My opinion:
Everyone grows tired of sin, just as they can also become wary of morality. Both are habits that cease to tickle our fancy in due time. Even fine sirloin becomes fowl to tortured palates. We swear to goodness for as long as it does not bore our subconcious. Niceties agitate and irritate when we can no longer appreciate them. We soon forsake our company in search of those who will lead us astray. Good and evil are both natural to men. They coexist in the grey areas of our minds, allowing us to seek pleasure through the avoidance of pain. Your heart is an organ that pumps blood through your arteries. Your mind is an illusion of consciousness. Your soul serves only to be corrupted. Two things are simple and present in all of us: instinct and habit. A sin is an instinct and/or habit that is frowned upon by those who believe in absolutes but live in relatives.


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