I think this novel reflects very accurately the time period and the issues that the novel takes place in. This novel shows in history how gentlemen were supposed to be. All of them were educated, proper, and successful. Wilde shows how the behavior in this time period was too. Women were supposed to be quiet and submissive to their husbands, and men were in charge.
This novel also shows the social issues that took place in the 1800s. Everyone was cynical about life and thought their only purpose was to be powerful. Wilde shows how everyone thought, and how the mood in this time period was. This book shows how gloomy everything was. I always imagined that it was cloudy and cold every single day in the duration of this book. There was nothing happy in this novel.
I think this novel symbolizes vanity and immorality. Its theme was that beauty is not the most important thing in life and that the human race needs to realize that we need to age gracefully and live life to our specifications, not someone else's.
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. New York: Barnes and Noble Classics. 2003. Print.
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