ENG315H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Exhibitionism, False Memory, Performativity
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Eng315 lecture 9: the picture of dorian gray (pt. If the picture was to alter, it was to alter. For there would be a real pleasure in watching it. He would be able to follow his mind into its secret places. The portrait would be to him the most magical of mirrors. To try to understand = to try to try to control/have agency: wilde plays with pater"s theory on the atoms of body vibrating and being influenced by art. If experience is the only thing that motivates our actions, then we will likely choose the immoral act again if it gives us pleasure therefore experience is not useful as an ethical tool. In basil"s studio, dorian originally wishes if it were only the other way! If it were i who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! (25)
