The Picture of Dorian Gray
The latest book i bought and finish reading is this classic. Basically, I was inspired by the movie League of Extraordinary Gentleman to know more about this mysterious figure. In the classic, Dorian Gray was a man of extraordinary beauty, charming and yet naive. He was a good person who's just curious about the way of life in the beginning of the story. However, he got to know this lord who just happen to have a heterodox thinking, and indeed, prove to be the bad influence in leading Dorian Gray to his downfall.
By then, an artist have given Dorian a perfect potrait of himself, and Dorian wish for his beauty to last forever instead of the potrait. Well, he got his wish, but in return the evil deeds and thoughts that he harbour would in return be transferred to the portrait. The story follows through his demise, with the potrait showing a vile disgusting creature while Dorian Gray kept his beauty, although he has picken up lots of bad influence and habits, such as smoking opium etc.
Towards the end, he even committed murder to safeguard his very own dark secret, his obession in preventing others from seeing the portrait, the true reflection of his own soul. He would not sleep at night so that he could take a peep at the portrait and regret his blasphemy, but he would not be able to change his ways. Although he tried to change, he found out that it was actually a 'red herring'; he's just fooling himself that he can change for the better, hence, he tried to destroy the portrait which potrayed the very own soul he hated. The story ends with him dying as the 'true' him, an old aging man while the portrait restored to the picture perfect drawing of Dorian Gray.
I like this classic for the way it potrayed Dorian Gray, who under bad influence, succumbed to his dark Desire and Lust. His obsession with keeping the portrait, while unable to resist the temptation of taking a look at it, showed his struggles within his inner demons, the emotional chaos he's going through. Tragedy it is, he wanted to repent but found that it was just wishful thinking on his part.
Each of us all have a dark inner demon, always seeking to creep out of us if we were to lose control over it. Perhaps, we should have our very own portrait as a mirror to reflect our vile soul tortured and twisted by our desires and lust. Looking at such a mirror would remind us to see our very own faults and keep them in check. The soul we all possess should be of utmost importance, we should purify our soul instead of wasting our time on the physical body.
*How do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your soul in the process? ..................The Picture of Dorian Gray................^_^
By then, an artist have given Dorian a perfect potrait of himself, and Dorian wish for his beauty to last forever instead of the potrait. Well, he got his wish, but in return the evil deeds and thoughts that he harbour would in return be transferred to the portrait. The story follows through his demise, with the potrait showing a vile disgusting creature while Dorian Gray kept his beauty, although he has picken up lots of bad influence and habits, such as smoking opium etc.
Towards the end, he even committed murder to safeguard his very own dark secret, his obession in preventing others from seeing the portrait, the true reflection of his own soul. He would not sleep at night so that he could take a peep at the portrait and regret his blasphemy, but he would not be able to change his ways. Although he tried to change, he found out that it was actually a 'red herring'; he's just fooling himself that he can change for the better, hence, he tried to destroy the portrait which potrayed the very own soul he hated. The story ends with him dying as the 'true' him, an old aging man while the portrait restored to the picture perfect drawing of Dorian Gray.
I like this classic for the way it potrayed Dorian Gray, who under bad influence, succumbed to his dark Desire and Lust. His obsession with keeping the portrait, while unable to resist the temptation of taking a look at it, showed his struggles within his inner demons, the emotional chaos he's going through. Tragedy it is, he wanted to repent but found that it was just wishful thinking on his part.
Each of us all have a dark inner demon, always seeking to creep out of us if we were to lose control over it. Perhaps, we should have our very own portrait as a mirror to reflect our vile soul tortured and twisted by our desires and lust. Looking at such a mirror would remind us to see our very own faults and keep them in check. The soul we all possess should be of utmost importance, we should purify our soul instead of wasting our time on the physical body.
*How do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your soul in the process? ..................The Picture of Dorian Gray................^_^
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