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1、DorianasFaustinThePictureofDorianGrayThePictureofDorianGrayisarichstorywhichcanbeviewedthroughmanyliteraryandculturallenses.OscarWildehimselfpurposefullyfilledhisnovelwithagreatmanydirectandindirectallusionstotheliterarycultureofhistimes,soitseemsappropriatetolookbackathisstory
2、-boththenovelandthe1945filmversion-inthisway.Inmanyways,ThePictureofDorianGrayisaretellingoftheFauststory.AtemptationisplacedbeforeDorian,aswithFaust,andhefallsforit--offeringuphissoultogetit.Infact,oneofFaust'sprincipalwishesisalsotoremainyoung.FaustandDorianalsoeachseduceayou
3、ngwoman,thenleadhertoherdeath,aswellasleadingthewoman'sbrother(ValentineinFaustandJamesValeinDorianGraytodieinattemptingrevengeforhissister.ItisalsoaDoppelgangerstory,likeAdelbertChamisso's"PeterSchlemihl"(inwhichPeterfoolishlysellshisshadow)andevenmorelikeEdgarA.Poe's"WilliamW
4、ilson"(inwhichthenarratoristormentedbyaschoolchumwholooksandsoundsexactlylikehim,andwhichendsmuchlikeDorianGray,withitsmoresinisterovertones.DorianGrayhasathemeofeternalyouth,boughtatthepriceofone'ssoul,andcontinuedthroughthedestructionofothers,incommonwithvampiresaswell.And,of
5、course,DorianGrayhastoberuninthemind'seyeagainstthebackdropofOscarWilde'slife,particularlyhisaffairwiththeyoungaristocrat,LordAlfredDouglas,whicheventuallylandedWildeinjailforsodomy,andprettymuchendedhiscareer.Alongtheselines,thelifeofOscarWildeandhisnovel,DorianGraycanalsobeco
6、mparedtothatofrockstarFreddyMercuryofQueenandtheirsong,"BohemianRhapsody."HerewehaveOscarWilde,fun-loving,witty,cynical,decadentkindofguy,undonebyhishomosexualliaisonwithLordAlfredDouglas,languishinginjailforsodomy.Afewyearsprevioustothissadturnofevents,hewritesThePictureofDori
7、anGray--aboutadecadent,immoralmurderer,whoalsohashomosexualrelations(withvariousyoungmenwhodie,becomedrugaddicts,commitsuicide,etc.),andwhodiesahorribleanddisfiguringdeathduetohisevilways.Now,wealsohaveFreddyMercury,wholivedaflamboyantanddecadentlifestyleasasexuallyambiguousroc
8、kstar.(Perhapsnotsoambiguous:thegroupcalleditselfQueen
