tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post9199230373708732222..comments2023-11-27T11:49:41.252-05:00Comments on Feel My Faith: Review of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray - A Commentary on ConscienceBrian Branamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09365695527021008661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-36160906218295619182008-09-06T20:35:00.000-04:002008-09-06T20:35:00.000-04:00If it comes out in a new film version please let m...If it comes out in a new film version please let me know. I learned last week that they had made one back in the 40's I think. <BR/><BR/>I did not know about Wilde's deathbed conversion, interesting.<BR/><BR/>BB<BR/>Gal. 2:20Brian Branamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395341405064832871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-42494694812601044892008-09-06T05:44:00.000-04:002008-09-06T05:44:00.000-04:00Hi, this post came up on my Google Alerts as I'm w...Hi, this post came up on my Google Alerts as I'm watching for info on the new film adaptation of this book. :)<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed your thoughts on reading it for the first time. I think it's fair to say that Wilde himself was a man looking for atonement... he wrote the novel sort of early on in his hedonistic lifestyle, and though it is often held up as a mirror for his life it is more of a prediction, given the date of publication. However he would later write (in <I>De Profundis</I>, if I recall correctly) of how reckless he became in his search for pleasure, how he hurt others and himself without caring. He did regret his behaviour, and he also converted to Catholicism on his deathbed, a desperate last act of penitence, I guess. <BR/><BR/>Whenever I have read <I>The Picture of Dorian Gray</I> in the past I have tended to focus on the classical themes being used, and the personal relationships of the characters, but I think the capacity of sins to corrupt and affect not just the soul but the body is definitely an important theme. I'll be thinking more about this next time I reread!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179799955432586932noreply@blogger.com