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The use of symbols in Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
THE USE OF SYMBOLS IN OSCAR WILDE'S THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
What is a symbol? In the broadest sense of the word, a symbol can be anything that signifies something else (Peepre: 58). Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure's dyadic theory of signs can well be applied when talking of literary symbols; after all, symbols are signs and vice versa. Central concepts in Saussure's theory are signifier and signified, which together constitute the sign itself. In …
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Dawson, Terence: Basil, Lord Henry, and Wilde: A Jungian Approach to The Picture of Dorian Gray,
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Fraile, Isabel: Taking Risks: A reading of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
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