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Gender Roles In "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

November 8, 2012
By Anonymous

Secrets and deception, mustn’t let anyone know your truth,
A survival tip proclaimed to women, beginning at their youth.
A man means an identity, however counterfeit it may be,
Do not expect society to listen,
Simply resort to your beauty.
Remember that you are blessed!
Shake the look in your eyes that betrays you feel oppressed!
Understand your place in this world and try to make it out alive.
Love is not what men truly seek!
They prefer one-sided devotion, and a woman who is meek.
I pity a woman doomed at birth with a sharp mind and a simple face,
For she is the one who has lost before she’s even run the race.
Ignorance, complacence, and obedience are what deem a woman desirable.
And we must never forget that she is nothing with out her beauty.
Sybil how you were a fool! You let Dorian make you weak, make you drool!
But well done my dear lady, you succeeded in your role.
You made Dorian feel like a royal, you inflated his egotistical new soul.
And Lady Henry, you bonnie lass,
How wonderful a decoration you are to that unfaithful a** ,
You have mastered your husbands oh so melancholic truths.
So keep on chatting, no one will ever listen,
And remember to keep your chin up and smile!
Because what good is a woman if she doesn’t glisten?


The author's comments:
This poem satirizes the role men put women into in "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

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