All 3 Uses of
melodrama
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- You are like one of the heroes of those silly melodramas mother used to be so fond of acting in.†
Chpt 5 *
- The exaggerated folly of the threat, the passionate gesture that accompanied it, the mad melodramatic words, made life seem more vivid to her.†
Chpt 5
- Sibyl Vane seemed to him to be absurdly melodramatic.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
a story or behavior that is overly dramatic