Picture Of Dorian Gray Summary
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written by Oscar Wilde. He was a man who was convicted of being a homosexual in the late 19th Century. The story is about a young man who gets a portrait done by a painter who, on a low key is having a sexual relation with. Dorian is a man who ends up selling his soul to be forever young. In some odd way the portrait that was painted of him ends up being the one who takes on his age. Whenever something happens his painting is what changes but not Dorian. He is a man who over the years looks exactly the same and hasn't changed but blames it on the fact that he takes such good care of himself. Ultimately there seems to be some magic that is entailed into the painting, but no one is really sure what it is. He comes across being with a friend who steers him wrong. His friend is named Lord Henry and from the beginning is nothing but a bad influence. Dorian is a man who is like a child in his mind. He never felt loved he was never one to feel like he was good enough fro anything. His whole childhood was something that was not a good one. Lord Henry never did anything but steer him in the wrong direction and that was ultimately his downfall. He fell and turned into a monster because of the influence of Henry. Dorian needed a friend and Henry was nothing but a person who had his own intentions for him.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written by Oscar Wilde. He was a man who was convicted of being a homosexual in the late 19th Century. The story is about a young man who gets a portrait done by a painter who, on a low key is having a sexual relation with. Dorian is a man who ends up selling his soul to be forever young. In some odd way the portrait that was painted of him ends up being the one who takes on his age. Whenever something happens his painting is what changes but not Dorian. He is a man who over the years looks exactly the same and hasn't changed but blames it on the fact that he takes such good care of himself. Ultimately there seems to be some magic that is entailed into the painting, but no one is really sure what it is. He comes across being with a friend who steers him wrong. His friend is named Lord Henry and from the beginning is nothing but a bad influence. Dorian is a man who is like a child in his mind. He never felt loved he was never one to feel like he was good enough fro anything. His whole childhood was something that was not a good one. Lord Henry never did anything but steer him in the wrong direction and that was ultimately his downfall. He fell and turned into a monster because of the influence of Henry. Dorian needed a friend and Henry was nothing but a person who had his own intentions for him.
"Comparison of Dorian Gray to Lord Henry and Sibyl Vane" StudyMode.com. 04 2001. 2001. 04 2001 .