can you summarize the basic idea of the book the picture of dorian gray in one sentence that just nails it?
if so, bring it on!
haha
2007-02-22 14:58:15 · 10 answers · asked by anthony 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The image that a man creates of himself can be an eternal mask to those that do not know what is in his heart.
2007-02-22 15:31:36 · answer #1 · answered by I vote Capt. America 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's referring to both: he's describing the shadow of the birds mixed with the curtains. He's referring to the way that the shadows of the birds look through the curtains, the way that they were delicate and sort of silhouetted, like Japanese origami or a hanging Japanese screen. He was kind of seeing what suggested a bird through the curtain. I hope that this helps! Good luck on your translation. :)
2016-03-29 08:07:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hedonism Unbound.
2007-02-23 16:43:08 · answer #3 · answered by gdglgrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how we want to recapture perfection and youth the best we can do is obsess over a painting that holds that image/moment in time for us, and even this can't last forever.
2007-02-22 16:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by Jade D. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Amazing.
2007-02-22 15:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by dark_reaction 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thought you were joking, haha.
Actually, there are seven or eight themes in this book, so its impossible to "nail it" in one sentence, unless it's a really long sentence. Good luck.
2007-02-22 15:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A portrait of a man ages instead of the man himself.
2007-02-23 03:03:01 · answer #7 · answered by rickmcconaghy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You know you can't judge a book by its cover.
2007-02-22 15:02:07 · answer #8 · answered by goodnevili 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent ending. Because you've read it (of course!) then you'll get it.
2007-02-22 15:07:45 · answer #9 · answered by i8pikachu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sold my soul for immortality.
2007-02-23 02:55:38 · answer #10 · answered by Cheryl AD48 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋