Portrait In The Attic Saying

Never heard of this saying before but it sounds like a reference to the picture of dorian gray who in short sells his soul so as to be able to live forever and to have a painting of himself stored in the attic to age rather than he.

Portrait in the attic saying.

When dorian reaches the attic he is flooded with childhood memories and regrets having to leave the portrait there to decay. He sits alone in a dusty old attic forgotten by the world. With viola dana william bechtel miriam nesbitt robert conness. The portrait in the attic 1915 quotes on imdb.

Although the two cannot communicate an in explainable force draws them to each other. Alistair is the portrait of the man he was over a hundred years ago. That is until the arrival of caleb. He briefly considers that his nature might improve and that the evil already lurking in his soul may pass.

Rivers swollen by hurricane sally s rains threatened more misery for parts. Chadwick s little daughter is not at all agreeably surprised when her father returns from his honeymoon with his second wife. However the attic is the most secure and private place for it because dorian has the only key to the room. A boy abused and neglected by his father.

Also any sinful endulgence he partook in would result in a form of disfigurement upon the picture. With undue frigidity thelma meets her new mother and then recoils as if wholly displeased with the selection. Elaine and jack hulgan pose for a portrait after riding out the hurricane in their attic sept. Quotes tagged as attic showing 1 12 of 12 the rhythm of the footsteps the sound of whatever is coming down the ladder is driving both me and my mom steadily toward peeing our pants kendare blake anna dressed in blood.

From longman dictionary of contemporary english picture of dorian gray the the picture of dorian gray picture of do ri an gray the ˌpɪktʃər əv ˌdɔːriən ˈɡreɪ 1891 a novel by oscar wilde about a beautiful young man dorian gray who has a painting of himself that he keeps in the attic a room under the roof of his house. 17 in cantonment fla. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies tv series and more.