Seven Sins
... Throughout the course of history, mankind has sinned, and in the 16th century, sin became categorized into seven sections (Pride, Anger, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, Envy). Oscar Wilde depicts all of these sins through his novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” through society and through one man as well. ... The Seven Deadly Sins was a system in which man can put to order their own negative character traits to be able to counteract with it and become “good.” The history of it dated back to the Greek Empire which had eight sins, but the current system modified by the Catholic Church had seven sins and a punishment in hell for each sin. The seven sins were also ranked in the order by the severity of it against love: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Lust. ... It has been known to be the sin in which all other sins form. ... The Seven Deadly Sins were presented in this novel to show us the evilness of man. ... He would then become hypocritical plunging himself to denial of his own sins. It was through one man in which Wilde presented to us the greatest sins of humanity. Dorian Gray was a symbol of man at his worst, of uselessness, and of the seven sins. Through Dorian, we see the decaying of a man’s soul due to his sins and an attempt of righteousness through selfish doings. Wilde revealed to the world of what mankind is through Dorian as he commits all of the seven sins for his struggle of pride. ... Greed was one of the sins that blinded Dorian. ... The Seven Deadly Sins were created to satisfy man’s need for order in the conflicts of life.