I'm not that far into the book yet because this is very deep and i don't want to read it to fast and miss anything but already it is an amazing book. The idea behind it is so simple yet the author Oscar Wilde was able to write an entire AMAZING story about it. Even though I'm not far into the book i think the theme is the difference and status of inner and outer beauty. In society outer beauty and youth are of extremely high value but being intelligent is in a different category and not as high status because that is on the inside you cannot judge that without getting to know someone. Someone [or something] can be breathtakingly beautiful on the outside and be accepted and loved but can be dangerous or dull on the inside and that goes unnoticed. People are shallow and judgmental.
"...People say sometimes that Beauty is only superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible..."
--Lord Henry, page 24
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I read the quote Edith and I just had to comment on it. That's an interest take on beauty and being superficial. I thought that the quote would say how beauty is skin deep and on the inside. But no! LOL! That was weird. "It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances." That's really interesting.
to tell you the truth, I don't understand this quote. Its kind of confusing. How do shallow people not judge appearances? Hmmm... interesting way of thinking. I agree with Jodiann
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