Dorian Gray Ignorance

Innocence is ignorant, until it gets tainted with the sweet bitter taste of reality. An extraordinary young, handsome gentleman that goes by the name of Dorian Gray will soon taste reality under a new perspective. Oscar Wilde, who is the author of “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” shows us how certain people can influence us to think and ct differently. After a brief summary of the novel will reveal that the theme mainly used is two faced. Dorian has to balance between good and bad and can’t seem to get the hang of it. You’ll see that characters are there to represent good and evil in Dorian’s life. While we analyze the author's intent of the book we will dive deeper into this spiral of uncertainty. Dorian Gray is a gorgeous man who is incredibly
Orphaned as a child, then taken in by his grandfather that did everything but love him. At the beginning he viewed the world like a newborn would but, as soon as he took one man's advice it foreshadowed that he life would that of that man’s unreachable desires. A renowned painter named Basil Hallward meets this young, handsome man named Dorian Gray. Basil is set in a trance with Dorian's beauty from the very start. He asks to paint Dorian to capture and preserve his youth. He has painted him many times, but this final time he paints him how he appears. During the time Basil and Dorian are together Basil cherishes every moment. He notices how innocent the young lad is and, can capture it in his paintings. On a day he is going to start on his painting of Dorian his friend Henry Wotton pays him a visit. Henry is a witty man that manipulates people using his charisma and his lifestyle . Basil who is a polar opposite knows that Henry is bad news and doesn't want Dorian to even meet the guy. The meeting between Dorian and Henry was inevitable by this point. Once they met the bond between them was formed. Basil was filled with fear that
Let start with Bali Hallward, who is meant to show us the good in the book. He is so optimistic and always look for the good in everyone. Once he sees Dorian for the first time he is so entranced by his innocence that he wants to capture it in his paintings to preserve it. We can tell he only wanted the best for Dorian and even after the 18 years go by he still thinks Dorian is the innocent, pure young man that he was when he first met him. The bad entity represented in this novel would be none other than Henry Wotton. Henry is the absolute opposite of Basil. Henry is charismatic, witty, and very manipulating. He represents all the unknown deeds that a good person wouldn't commit. Its no wonder why Dorian is attracted to him mentally. His curiosity got the best of him after just the first meeting. Throughout the whole novel, we see this constant back and forward between the two sides. Dorian is always going from one extreme to the other. At the end good did prevail and ultimately Dorian wanted to finally rid his soul of evil for good and in doing so he killed