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Youth and Beauty plan:

Having been transformed into an object of terror and imperfection through the potential infidelity of someone of outward physical perfection, she proceeds to issue a chilling warning in the shape of a list of creatures that she has turned to stone. The pathos of her 'Wasn't I beautiful? / Wasn't I fragrant and young?' contrasts with her acknowledgement of what she has become. Her doom will arrive as a result of her failed misfortune of beauty, ironically, in the form of the man she loves. The final line of Medusa is heavy with ambiguity. It indicates her resignation and sadness in the face of what she has been reduced to. In contrast, the virtues of youth a beauty appear as a distraction, it suggests her beauty makes her stronger than what had been originally implied. It may suggest, Duffy may deflect from heroism associated with beauty to emphasise the vulnerability of female characters in historic texts. I many ways it distributes the humanity thats lays besides scandal. Similarly, Wilde's concept "for the sake of beauty" has settled to exercise an idealistic lifestyle for Henry and Dorian.

Language and style:- Link to delilah

Moments of delight are accompanied by sensual imagery in Dorian Gray. This become apparent when Dorian encounters an unpleasant and unpredictable situation. Dorian saviours a beautiful sense experience, which he restores in peace and beauty. The richness of sensual experiences link to the pleasures afforded by art, which elevates life beyond realities. It suggests, such pleasures enjoyed by the aristocracy create powerful artistic environments in which to settle it the mindfulness of beauty. Whereas the darker imagery within the novel is applied to the lower class areas of London, where art doesn't thread. Dorian's return from Sybil engages him in the semantic field of "dimly lit streets". The language highlights the absence of art captures against people's emotions. Not only is the language remiciant of death however, conotes the absence of beauty in Dorian's life. Therefore, Wilde's novel is an form of literature which captures the "pervasiveness" of vain values of the Victorian society, trusting within the psychical appearance. To some extent, Wilde not only demonstrates the artistic values of the Aesthetic movement in the form of beauty in all its glory, but also portrays its effect to mortality. The superficial faith in the ultimate price of youth and beauty is wildly dominated behind Dorian's downfall. Similarly, Duffy's poem of Delilah portrays a similar message. Delilah believes in the certainty her lover is a compassionate creature which must be freed of his vulnerabilities, Delilah is empowered by feminine wisdom her beauty provides . Similar to Wilde's asestiscism, his cult of beauty had become his most lasting passion, which has now become the most radical feature of him. The symbol of beauty becomes more pronounced to offer a permanent chase of new sensations to discover the "cure".

In the declaration made by Wilde from his letter to Alfred Douglas, his former lover. Wilde implies "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings about its own punishment". It may suggest Wilde makes a similar conclusion towards the theme of mortality in Dorian Gray, youth is the centralised theme which drives characters mortality throughout the novel. Therefore, youth could be argued to challenge the ultimate corruption of Dorian's character. The painter, Basil worships physical beauty too much that it is necessary, which dies by the physical virtues of youth and beauty of whose soul he has created.Dorian Gray, having exerted the mere sensation and pleasure that youth provides, tries to kill his conscience and in that moment essentially begins to kill himself. From the other hand, aestheticism stay's against one's denial from desires however, uncontrolled self-indulgence in one's appearance can become fatal. Supporters of the asepticism movement was primarily targeted towards upper class society, even supporting aesthetic ideals Wilde warns to be prudent when choosing the lifestyle. To some extent, Dorian's first change of personality occurs when he rejects Sybil Vane, her role for Dorian comes to symbolise the beauty of art but her failed attempt distorts the aesthetic ideal for himself. In many ways, the structure and meaning of the novel fits very closely to a similar narrative of the Devil's bargin in the poem of Mrs Faust. Duffy conveys the idea although most people don't sell their souls to the devil , many men are corrupt in their powers. The sentence structure is full of ellipses, causers's and comma's offers a fragmented sentence structure which reflects the consequences of over anticipated virtues becoming achievable. Similarly, Wilde illustrates the price that one must pay for virtues important to them including youth and beauty. It could be argued both Wilde and Duffy portray pursuits defined by a purely artistic sensibility, as opposed to a humanitarian one. Wilde portrays the supremacy of youth and beauty and its importance when at the end of the novel, the portrait is returned to its original splendour.