Dorian Gray settings

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English (Dorian Gray) Mindmap am Dorian Gray settings, erstellt von mariya.razeen am 10/04/2014.
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Dorian Gray settings
  1. East End
    1. Vane home
      1. "shrill intrusive light" - sense of home - light is sibyl - she has a chance of escaping poverty
        1. "dingy sitting-room" - poor and old - contrasts upper class
        2. Opium dens
          1. "shabby ulster"
            1. "blurred street lamps looked ghastly" - emotive - conveys a negative image of disgust
              1. "grotesque things" - foul word - sums up the opium dens
                1. Remote derelict section - sordid state of DG's mind - he flees to them after crucial moments - killing Basil - an escape - drug induced state - he leaves his safe house to travel to the dark dens - reflects the degradation of his soul
                2. Riverside
                  1. Theatre
                    1. "heat was terribly oppressive" - over crowded - symbolise poor peopl ebeing opressed - hyperbole
                      1. shabby
                        1. Where DG first sets his eyes on Sibyl
                        2. "The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ"
                          1. Figurative lang - classes are kept distant
                        3. West End
                          1. Dorian's house
                            1. Living room - the public place - for show
                              1. School room - keeps his deep dark secrets - sins - has a past there - painting is hidden
                              2. Basil's studio
                                1. "rich odour of roses" - connotes beauty, elegance and wealth
                                  1. "Persian saddle-bags" - expensive - rich in culture
                                    1. "tussore-silk curtains" - luxurious
                                      1. Typical wealthy person - lives in luxury unaware of the wider world
                                      2. Lord Henry's house
                                        1. "luxurious arm chair" - privelleged place to be
                                          1. "Mayfair" - high end
                                            1. "carpet strewn with silk" - expensive
                                          2. Travels
                                            1. Goes to Paris
                                              1. 18 years of sin and corruption
                                                1. Goes on the pursuit of Hedonism - experience new pleasures and sensations
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