The Picture of Dorian Gray Allusions & Cultural References

Literary, Mythological, and Philosophical References

• Adonis, myth (1.7)
• Narcissus, myth (1.7)
• Austin Henry Dobson, "To A Greek Girl" (1.20)
• Antinoüs, myth (1.20)
• Plato (3.5)
• Bacchus and Silenus, myth (3.16)
• Antoine de la Sale, Les Cent Nouvelles (4.1)
• William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (4.10, VI.2, VIII.17)
• William Shakespeare, As You Like It (4.10, VI.3, VII.15)
• William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (4.12, VIII.17)
• Giordano Bruno (4.19)
• William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (7.15)
• William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (7.15)
• William Shakespeare, King Lear (7.15)
• William Shakespeare, Othello (8.17)
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet (8.17)
• Michel de Montaigne (10.7)
• Dante Alighieri (11.6)
• Théophile Gautier (11.6)
• Satyricon (11.8)
• The Lord's Prayer (13.9)
• Bible, Isaiah 1:18 (13.10)
• Théophile Gautier, Émaux et Camées (14.9)
• Molière, Tartuffe (17.2)
• William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale (19.2)
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet (19.2)

Historical References

• Marguerite de Navarre (4.I, XV.9)
• Messalina (6.2)
• Darwinismus / Charles Darwin (11.13)
• Anne de Joyeuse (11.17)
• Marco Polo (11.19)
• Charles of Orléans (11.22)
• Catherine de Médicis (11.22)
• Louis XIV (11.22)

Art and Music References

• Michaelangelo Buonarotti (3.5, X.7)
• Claude Michel Clodion (4.1)
• Richard Wagner, Lohengrin (4.4)
• Adelina Patti (8.16)
• Johann Joachim Winckelmann (10.7)
• Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser (11.16)
• Fréderic Chopin (19.9)