Have you ever read a novel or watched a film and thought, “gee, I remember this from something else?” Of course, there are always retelling of stories but I felt this when watching The Neon Demon. The Neon Demon isn’t a retelling of Oscar Wilde's novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, but watching it, you can feel the influence of Oscar Wilde. From the theme of corruption of innocence to the narcissism of their doppelgänger even the ideas of the 7 deadly sins seems to make its way into both the film and novel. The Neon Demon is a film that follows Jesse, a 16-year-old girl who moves out to LA to become a model. During her interview with the firm she learns that she gets accepted to “try outs”. It’s here she learns of her magnificent ability …show more content…
While Jesse is in her house Ruby gets mixed messages from Jesse, saying how much she appreciates her. Ruby then tries to seduce her, a surprised Jesse attempts to expel her off of her body throwing her off. Ruby is so upset with Jesse, when she starts work in the morgue she feels an overwhelming sense of lust and starts seducing the body of a week old corpse she was working on. At the beginning of the movie the girls are in the bathroom, Ruby asks Jesse if she’s Red Rum Lipstick, an obvious reference to The Shining. Red Rum is consequently murder backward. And in the final events leading up to the end of the film, it’s clear that Jesse is going to be murdered. The ending makes a perfect circle referencing the question “are you sex, or are you food.” Because Jesse wasn’t sex for Ruby she was literally devoured by the three …show more content…
For the novel, the story follows a man throughout the novel focusing only on him and his actions. In the film, the story follows the industry and not solely Jesse. The biggest similarities between the two works were the constant corruption of the main characters through the means of influences of other characters. For Dorian, that character was Lord Henry, a cynical gentleman whose vice is passed onto Dorian. Jesse has similar characters who change her, most notably the 2 models, Gigi and Sarah. The novel and film show their vanity differently however they both have the same attitudes. In the beautiful scene where Jesse walks on the stage, walks over to the set of mirrors, looks at them, and starts kissing them. For Dorian, his vanity is shown by his constant attraction to his doppelgänger (ie the portrait). Both the novel and film have underlying themes of homoerotic love. "I grew jealous of everyone to whom you spoke. I wanted to have you all to myself. I was only happy when I was with you" (chapter 9). This is a quote from Basal to Dorian explaining his love to him. Although Ruby never actually says she loves Jesse, the scene in her bedroom makes the viewer aware of the homoerotic theme all through the
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The book and movie have the same main characters playing the same roles. Cyrano is charming, poetic, and witty with a huge nose in both the book and the movie. Women love Cyrano as a friend but nothing more. In the book, Cyrano is a famous sword fighter who fights people. In the movie, Cyrano is the fire chief who fights fire. Cyrano is Roxanne's distant cousin in the book, but in the movie, they meet when they are adults and are friends. Christian works for Cyrano in both the movie and book. Christian is handsome but not very smart. C...
The characters make a big difference in the movie and the book. One thing they both have in common is that Otis Amber and Berthe Erica Crow get married. And that Edgar Jennings Plum and Angela Wexler get engaged instead of Doctor Denton Deere. Also Jake Wexler is a gambler instead of being a bookie.
In the movie dwayne plays a good part. Dwayne was the guys that stuck up for them even though people did not like their documentary. Dwayne did get shot although that did not happen in the book. Another difference most of the characters that were in the book looked way younger that what the picture said that they looked like in the book. The book did not tell us that Lloyd liked to gamble. Lloyd gambled and almost got shot in the movie. In the movie Lloyd was like the bad guy in the movie, the movie told only bad things about Lloyd and only good things about LeAlan. Another difference in the movie is that the boys who threw Eric Morse out the window were sentenced to Juvenile Detention Center till the age of twenty-one. This is a big part because they never told what the verdict was which made it seem like they were let free from what they did. The last difference is in the movie the vacant apartment that in the book said that it looked creepy and run down it looked really nice in the apartment and I did not really understand why no one lived there.
The movie and the story had some of the same characters but some weren't exactly the same. The movie introduced many different characters and changed some of the others. For example, the movie had the plant lady and had the mentor of Anderton as the founders of Precrime while in the book, Anderton was the only founder of Precrime. Also, Witwer wasn't blond he had black hair and Kapler wasn't named Kapler he was named Crow. In the story they had the red head Fleming who did not exist
In both the novel and movie focus on the war. The war influences the characters to enroll.Also, the main setting is at the Devon School. However, in the novel Gene visits Leper at his house but in the movie Leper lives in the woods.In the novel Gene is coming back to the Devon School 15 years later.However, in the book he is coming to Devon as a new student.Therefore, similarities and differences exist in time and setting in the novel and the movie.In the novel and the movie there are similarities and differences in events, character, and time and setting.
One of the main differences between the book and movies are how Penn and Krakauer interpret Chris McCandless and his story. In the book the story seems to focus more around examining and understanding Chris and his life, whereas the movie shows his life as more of an
Obsession in its nature is toxic; it turns people into gods, and leaves no room for their actual selves. Celebrities are the idols of the modern world, where ever they go, a fan follows them dying to get their attention. Dorian Gray, who was loved by nearly all of London for his charm and beauty, who’s biggest fan, Basil, worship of him lead to bitterness. The theme of obsession in The Picture of Dorian Gray is seen through both those who worship Dorian Gray, and the portrait, which is the object of Dorian's obsession. Although Wilde displays obsession through Basil's worship of Dorian, and even Dorian's obsession with himself and his youth, the modern day celebrity is a parallel to Dorian, who is worshipped by many at first for their beauty, wealth or fame, but the nature of the worship eventually leads to chaos.
“The Picture of Dorian Gray” is a novel written by Oscar Wilde. The story takes place in England, where the artist Basil Hallward paints a portrait of the young and beautiful Dorian Gray. During his stay at the artist’s studio, he gets introduced to Lord Henry who later becomes one of the most influential people in his life. Dorian Gray becomes aware of his amazing beauty and youthfulness due to the portrait and wishes that the portrait ages instead of him. His wish comes true, Dorian remains beautiful and youthful while the portrait changes. Lord Henry becomes his best friend and motivates him to live in abundance, to sin and always strive for beauty. After a while, Dorian discovers that his portrait doesn’t only age, but also changes face expression as a result of all his sins and evil deeds. Dorian gets anxious by the fact that the portrait shows his evil soul and is scared that somebody will see it, therefore he hides it. The portrait haunts Dorian although it’s hidden. As Dorian’s sins gets worse, he feels that he can’t handle the pressure anymore and decides to destroy the portrait that shows his true self.
Although Wilde halts short of stating that Basil and Lord Henry have sexual feelings for Dorian , the language he uses to describe their devotion for Dorian is unmistakably the language of deep, romantic intimacy. “Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray. How often do you see him?”. “Every day. I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him everyday. He is absolutely necessary to me”. This common motif of homoerotic bonds between men plays a large role in structuring the novel. Basils painting is born from his adoration of Dorians beauty , comparatively Lord Henry is overcome with desire to seduce Dorian. This sense of camaraderie between men fits into Wildes aesthetic values, for it returns him to his past where the philosophy of beauty was not only the basis of society but fundamental to culture. As a homosexual living in an intolerant society, Wilde asserted this philosophy in order to justify his own lifestyle.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a rich story which can be viewed through many literary and cultural lenses. Oscar Wilde himself purposefully filled his novel with a great many direct and indirect allusions to the literary culture of his times, so it seems appropriate to look back at his story - both the novel and the 1945 film version - in this way.
Oscar Wilde`s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray is written primarily out of the aesthetic movement of the Nineteenth Century. Therefore, the text contains a profuse amount of imagery which reflects the concepts of beauty and sensory experiences. By taking the aesthetic approach, Wilde was able to revive the gothic style through grotesque imagery of the portrait and the character whose soul it represents. Wilde is not using gothic elements to shock his audiences; rather he uses the gothic to capture the hideousness of Gray`s corruptness which leaks out of the painting and into the tone of the entire text.
Dorian Gray's life is dictated by his physical appeal. His beauty lies within his youth. Dorian's perception of beauty allows him to love. He is convinced that his beauty allows him to accomplish anything he desires regardless of the consequences and still be loved by his friends. He uses his beauty to mitigate his evil actions. Dorian says, “I don't wish to know anything about them. I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don't interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty.” Youth and beauty are the most precious things to Dorian. In his life, beauty is of utmost importance. Then he sees the picture of himself, painted by Basil, absorb his sins and this changed his view. “I hope it is not about myself. I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else,” Dorian said. He aspired to have had a good life rather than one filled with artificial meaning and beauty. The moral beauty of Doran lies within the portrait of himself. The portrait imitated his life. He finally realized that beauty cannot help him escape his evil actions. He deeply lamemted his wish that the portrait bore the burden of his age an...
Plato, one of the world’s most renowned philosophers, once said “Things are not always the way they seem, the first appearance deceives many.” This principle is as true today as it was two-thousand years ago when Plato wrote it. The character personalities and plot schemes of Shari Lapena’s “The Couple Next Door” and Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” exemplify this concept of how people use their appearances to deceive others and seek personal pleasures in life. From the disgraceful kidnapping scheme that reveals unimaginable secrets in the The Couple Next Door to the soul and appearance exchange of the protagonist in the Picture of Dorian Gray it is conspicuous that there is a distinction between a pleasant appearance and a moral
Set in the late 19th Century, Oscar Wilde wrote his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is a story about debauchery and corruption of innocence and well known as a "Gothic melodrama." Violent twists and a sneaky plot make this novel a distinct reflection of human pride and corrupt nature.