Psychological Conflict Analysis in oscar wilde's the picture of dorian gray novel

This study attempts to analyze Dorian Gray’s psychological conflict in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. To conduct the analysis, the writer applies psychological approach namely psychoanalysis theory proposed by Sigmund Freud in his concepts of his personality theory, literary theory by Wellek and Warren, and characterizations theory by Nurgiyantoro from a literary perspective. The result of the study show : (1) the content of the novel tells about the psychological conflict of Dorian Gray. It has implicit story about homosexual between Dorian Gray, Basil Hallward and Lord Henry Wotton. The book entitled, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, has two different meaning. The word “Picture” in the book title describes Dorian’s personality from two different points of view. Basil portrays “The Picture” to enjoy the physical beauty of Dorian, while Henry portrays “The Picture” in Dorian’s soul through his mislead life philosophy and tries to make an experiment toward life to Dorian. and (2) The behavior and prsonality of Dorian Gray can be studied with three psychology personality aspects by Sigmud Freud. They are Id, Eg, and Superego. The Id is libidal and destructive impulse while the ego is love and hate. The superego is the nature of perfection affects by Lord Henry.
Keywords: Psychological Conflicts, beauty, homosexuality