Dorian Gray, a handsome young man, is slowly tortured by a sliver of his conscience and fear of fate in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. When Dorian believes, thanks to the devilish Henry Wotton, that physical beauty and pleasures are the key to true happiness, he begins on his horrid Journey. The flawed logic keeps Henry content and happy and seems to do the same for Dorian. Although, as Dorian does evil with credit to his newfound logic, his evil deeds paired with everlasting outh and a morphing self-portrait keep his conscience alive and his morals in turmoil.
Dorian Gray, after he is supposedly gifted with forever youth, is able to perform evil without his physical immaculacy being polluted. However, selfishness becomes the motivation for all his actions, rendering him unable to remain content as Lord Henry. Dorian ignores his moral turmoil for a period of time, but as the sins’ severity increases, so does the tension between his new philosophy and the remainder of his conscience. In order to ignore this tension within him, he distracts himself with pleasure and drugs, only increasing his inner turmoil.
As time continues and he physically is unchanged, his portrait becomes darker and more evil, weighing on Dorian as evidence that there are and will be consequences for his actions. With time to process his situation, the horrifying truth that his fate will be everlasting pain and suffering terrifies Dorian, keeping the turmoil his moral ambiguity causes alive. With great assistance from fear of fate, Dorian’s inner goodness keeps him aware of his impure actions and looming consequences.
As he continues with vices wearing him thin, he becomes more unstable and commits graver sins, including the murder of Basil and the accidental killing of James Vane. Remaining addicted to his pleasures, he slips into depression and deeper into drug use. He even attempts to rid his suffering through Just deeds. However, his conscience and fear remains, driving him to his bitter, gruesome death. It is his moral ambiguity that forces him to more vil and inevitable death, seeking some permanent cure for his misery.
Once Dorian is dead, his wake can be traced through his warped logic to the source of his corruption: Lord Henry Wotton. It is this man that sets Dorian on the path of pure pleasure and rids Dorian of any doubts when they arise. Before Henry, Dorian is innocent, naive, manipulable, and mostly good. It is because Dorian was innately a decent individual that he retains a mere shred of decency in his despicability and makes him a morally ambiguous character. Moral Ambiguity in Dorian Gray By MJArcemont
StoryBoard
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
To complete this assignment use Canva (Links to an external site.) or choose another platform of your choice (must be pre-approved by your instructor before you begin) and create a storyboard from scratch (PowerPoint does this well). Create a comic template that will best fit your case study and the story you want to tell. Please use the steps below to develop your storyboard.
PTSD Survivor’s Story: For this assignment, complete the steps below.
Select a PTSD case study to use for your storyboard. Veterans and PTSD (https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/aging_vete…)
Choose a template and customize the story with appropriate pictures, colors, and text to best exemplify your survivor’s story.Due to the nature of this assignment, you will need to create more than one page. To add another page to your story click on the duplicate button at the top right corner of your page 1 image. Once it is duplicated you can change the images and text to continue your story.
For your chosen case study, depict the following:
Your first panel should be a title panel that clearly lists your name, the course, and the case study that you chose.
Your introductory panel(s) will introduce your client to the audience through an illustration. Depict the client’s age, sex/gender, marital/family status, and race/ethnicity.Remember, you are presenting a story about the client from your case study. It is important that you introduce your client clearly.
Next, show where your client resides (rural, urban, homeless, etc.). Select pictures from the template to help us understand your client’s residential situation.
Is your client employed/unemployed? Select pictures that will show your client’s work status.
In the next part of your story, have your client communicate to someone what the traumatic event was that triggered their PTSD.
Following the description of your event, have your client or other characters in the story share the signs and/or symptoms being experienced by your client, as they align with the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
In your story, communicate specific evidence-based treatment/therapies/interventions you believe would be beneficial to your client.A minimum of 3 interventions is required.
In the final part of the story, provide a positive ending to your client’s story by showing ways in which the client could minimize the long-term effects of exposure to trauma, based on what you have learned this term.
End your story with a reference panel that lists any references you used within your storyboard.
A minimum of one panel per element is required (there is a 10-panel minimum, including your title and reference panel).
Be creative as you design your board.