Picture of Dorian Gray vs. My Last Duchess

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English

 

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Mary S

 

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April 6, 2014

 

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Lord Henry tells Dorian late in the novel regarding the book he gave Dorian that "Art has no influence upon action? it is superbly sterile". The idea of art for art's sake exemplifies how many Romantics viewed art. During the late nineteenth century there was shift from art being viewed as purposeful and meaningful to being viewed aesthetically...
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Likewise the Duke in "My Last Duchess" only sees art as art as art and nothing more. This is evident by how the Duke views the painting of his wife that he killed. He sees it only as another piece of art. In the poem it seems as though this painting is just part of a large gallery that the duke is showing to a guest...
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