The Picture of Dorian Gray

Youth is like a gorgeous robe, covered with fleas.

It is full of golden sentences, and it seems that every sentence can allude to society and life. Boldly reveal people's inner desires without shying away or hiding them. Noble soul and beautiful appearance, what exactly are we chasing?

Should I say that Wilde's story is profound and charming, or charming and profound? All, all correct, all! "Ah! What a proud and exciting moment it was. He prayed to the portrait that he would shoulder the burden of life and remain youthful and pure and beautiful forever! His failure was all because of this. It would be better for him to be punished in time for every sin. Punishment can purify a person. When people pray to the most just God, they do not ask Him to "forgive our sins", but let Him "punish us."

Because of the sentence "Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance", I read Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" but could not find this sentence. I just finished reading this work. The relationship between the characters is very simple. The painter Basil painted a portrait of the young and handsome Dorian Gray. Basil had high expectations and high evaluations of Dorian. This aroused the interest of Lord Henry, and he met Dorian as he wished. Later, it gave many negative guidance to Dorian's life. In the end, Dorian killed Sybil Vane, the girl who loved him, and Basil, who was sincere to him. Finally, in order to get rid of the sin in his soul, he destroyed the portrait with a knife, but the knife fell on his chest. Dolin died, his face was ferocious, his appearance was ruined, and all his good looks no longer existed. The description of this work is not difficult to understand, but the description of youth, love, friendship, and morality is profound and thought-provoking.

It's well written. The author writes Henry's confusing words one after another. Irresponsible, but seemingly blameless, because our youth is so short and our lives fly by, but a life supported only by sensory enjoyment is like a bloated corpse, which looks huge but is empty inside. Gray was a child, but he was bewitched by Harley and gave up his own life. While enjoying himself, he also led others into the abyss. Some people say that Harry is the evil in Gray's heart, then the painter is the good thought in Gray's heart. He killed his own kindness with his own hands and lost the eyes that discovered beauty. The painting is the product of kindness, his conscience and soul. When he attacked his conscience, his long-dead soul took him to the underworld. When talking about youth, most people praise the young body and the unquenchable passion. However, youth is not the only thing that is valuable in life. If you only want youth, it is difficult to have valuable knowledge and experience. These treasures can only be gained through the passage of time, which can better support our lives. We should not be bound by age. No matter when, we must have the courage to start again and swim at night with a candle.

This is a story about youth and beauty, and it is also a story about the depravity of human nature. The beautiful young man Dorian Gray had a good skin, but he believed in Lord Henry's hedonism and was willing to degenerate step by step, eventually killing himself.

A satirical novel, very dramatic. Dorian Gray embarked on the road of no return step by step. Perhaps his evil was not created by Lord Henry, but was originally hidden in his nature, but it was just triggered and then gradually amplified.

I didn't understand it a bit, but this book actually has no plot and is just dialogue, but it made people very interested in reading it. I didn't know what I was expecting. The final ending seems to be exactly what I expected and expected. In fact, I don't understand what point the author wants to express. What I am sure of is that the painting represents Dorian's conscience. There are many plots where I don't understand why Dorian immediately fell out of love with Xiyu when he saw his second-rate acting skills. So he just liked his acting skills before? A bad person will never feel how bad his behavior is. He will always find valid reasons to justify his behavior. Maybe sometimes even he himself believes that he is kind. What is the difference between admitting and justifying? Why can't a person be a bad person? Why should everyone be a good person? A person who is a bad person will never feel at ease. No matter how many excuses he has for his actions, he will still be in fear, because in his world, doing evil is a permitted thing, which is equivalent to putting himself in a situation where he is besieged on all sides. In our era, the things that individuals can do are infinitely magnified. It seems that as long as you have the courage and don't think so, you can do everything. It's easy to be self-righteous. Things like conscience and morality, even if everything you do can be covered up, no one will know. But the common values ​​formed in people's minds over thousands of years are not as fragile as we think.

((My evaluation of Oscar Wilde? Really or not. But I still want to say something. Obviously, I think the charm of these ultra-moral works often lies in the fact that they do not criticize or preach, but naturally present something related to nature. Generally speaking, it can be regarded as "using the lens of "beauty" to examine "evil" and "destruction" itself. Desire presents a kind of beauty, but also leads to an empty evil. Dorian's Fall clearly takes on a hedonistic sensual beauty, acknowledging and celebrating the sophistication and sophistication of things that conventional morality would regard as "corrupt," and Lord Henry's words add a philosophical perspective to it. However, the changes in the portrait unabashedly reveal that the end point of this kind of aestheticism (probably letting aesthetics cover life?) Is an inevitable cliff, a kind of backlash against individual existence. This kind of depravity is obviously horrific, but it does contain a tragic beauty; it is indeed beautiful, but no one can deny (must recognize) that this beauty has evil and self-destructive tendencies due to its inherent toxicity. All in all, the gorgeous and delicate writing style reflects Wilde's perspective (or experience) as an esthetician and "aesthete", but the tragic ending also reflects Wilde's insight and objective thinking as an artist.

I feel like I want to sympathize with the author. The person who can write such a work must be extremely tired of this world! You can feel the author's anger and despair. The book contains many descriptions of the evils of human nature, as well as many philosophical reflections on life. This is nothing but a great book!

Dorian's life was also quite tragic. He spent his whole life covering up the facts of the painting, deceiving himself at all costs, and completely evading his sins. The painting was a true reflection of Dorian's heart. He was eroded bit by bit, and finally died in his unrepentant heart.

People are really amazing. Before their appearance changes, the apple inside them has already rotted away. The love born from the heart is the shackles given by God to people. The pain binds the wrists of the adulterer, drags him to the dome, and hangs him in the center for public display. Like a stuffed moth. Henry is the devil, whispering in Dorian's ears, encouraging the sinking of simple souls. The fall of a soul is like a sharp stone hitting the smooth surface of a silver mirror from a height of 10,000 meters, and then shattering. These pieces are no one else's. These fragments are innocent people possessed by the devil. But are people really innocent? Everything about Dorian Gray is like a drama. He lives in his own curiosity and hypocrisy, and until the end he uses Heidi's sadness to achieve his goal of abandoning evil and doing good. He knelt on the ground and looked at the yellow bone-like moon in the sky to repent. Was he actually smiling in his heart? Those who truly want to repent have already torn the images in their hearts to pieces. Those who truly feel they are guilty have already allowed themselves to be burned beyond recognition by the fire.

"When it comes to a happy marriage, people talk nonsense!"

I feel like I gained a lot. The painter poured his worship of morality into this painting, but this was the beginning of sin... From the moment he started painting, the ugliness in Dorian Gray's heart was slowly revealed. It feels like Henry is in God's perspective. He glimpsed the ugliness in Dorian's heart early on, and guided him step by step to glimpse his own evil soul.

At first, I was afraid that Dorian Gray would be contaminated and that he would become evil. I hope he will always be that pure and kind-hearted young man. Looking back, how should I put it, the selfishness and hypocrisy in his heart makes him want to try those things that are not good in the eyes of the world. He only wants to be happy, just like there is a devil in his heart. Dolin's human nature only has a little bit of the devil when it comes out and he is gone. In the end, Dorian died unjustly. "That's right. The price of everything these days is too high. I think the real tragedy of the poor is that they can't afford anything but self-denial. Beautiful vices, like all good things, are the privilege of the rich." This is what Lord Henry said, which is heart-breaking.

What a great book! The story of Dorian Gray reminds me of some people in life who only focus on appearance beauty but ignore inner cultivation. I especially hate Henry in the book, he always leads Dorian Gray down the wrong path. However, it also makes me cherish those relatives and friends around me who have correct values. All in all, this is a very inspiring book and I recommend it to everyone!

An incomprehensible but fascinating novel, beauty and ugliness, innocence and sin, angels and demons, gold and gray are blended in the same person, making him an amoral person who only relies on desire and instinct. But are there certain qualities in his soul that have never changed, but are just hidden under the surface of hedonism, hidden in repeated escapes and struggles? Green is not guilty; his sins were imposed on him by those who discovered them.

Beauty is just a coat of vanity

Burying the soul with wanton desire

Heaven and hell are within each of us.

Being nice to everyone means you don't like everyone

Actually, I'm more curious about what the chemist's secret is😃

Very good very good

Dear Mr. O. Wilde, if you don't resurrect and write another book this year, we won't know what to name the next spiritualist project.