Oscar Wilde, author of The Picture of Dorian Gray, makes Basil’s life drastically by having him paint a portrait of Dorian Gray and express in it, which, in Wilde’s mind, is a troublesome obstacle to circumvent. that the artist should not portray any of himself in his work, so when he who creates his own downfall, not Dorian. Wilde introduces Basil to Dorian when Basil begins to notice Dorian him at a party. Basil “suddenly became conscious that someone was [He] turned halfway around and saw Dorian Gray for the first time” immediately notices him, however Basil is afraid to talk to him.
His that he does “not want any external influence in [his] life” (Wilde paradox in that it is eventually his own internal influence that this many times throughout the book. He loved using paradoxes and that Henry, the character most similar to Wilde, is quoted as being called Although Dorian and Basil end up hating each other, they do enjoy for the first time. Basil finds something different about Dorian. He different way than he sees other men. Dorian is not only beautiful to gentle and kind. This is when Basil falls in love with him and begins
Basil begins painting the picture, but does not tell anyone about it, Dorian, because he knows that there is too much of himself in it. Lord the painting and asks Basil why he will not display it. Lord Henry beautiful it should be displayed in a museum. Basil argues that the display the painting is because he is “afraid that [he] has shown in it the secret of his soul” (Wilde 23). This is another paradox because he his soul, but the painting eventually comes to show the secret of the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde explains that “to he artist is art’s aim” (Wilde 17).
Basil realizes that he has not painting and therefore feels the painting is not worth anything. After painting, he asks to meet Dorian. Basil says that would not be good “influence would be bad” (Wilde 31). Basil is correct in saying this is the main person who helps Dorian to destroy himself. Lord Henry request and meets Dorian anyway. This is the beginning of the end for Basil because Lord Henry’s influence pollutes Dorian. Lord Henry taunts continues to remind him of all the sin that is building up and that even ot aging, his soul is deteriorating fast.
When Basil notices that Dorian has not changed physically in many curious to know how Dorian stayed beautiful, but also wants to know why changed so much emotionally. Basil does not have the painting on keeps it in the attic. When Dorian comes over one day, he and Basil are Basil asks, “I wonder do I know you? Before I could answer that, I your soul. ” (Wilde 216) Dorian goes into a rage and takes Basil which is concealed in the painting. When Basil sees the painting which atrocious looking, he cannot believe that he painted it.
Dorian indeed Basil’s painting. In that painting is all of Dorian’s hate, onto a canvass. When Dorian sees the picture, he blames Basil for it laying on a nearby table and stabs Basil. He then takes the knife and the heart, killing his soul, and returning the painting to its original constructs this in an interesting way because after Dorian stabs the representation of his soul, Wilde shows Dorian laying on the ground, disgusting, with a knife in his heart. Wilde did this to show that when Dorian stabbed the painting, he was actually stabbing himself.
Oscar Wilde first portrays Dorian Gray as a sweet, sensitive man whom admires. When Basil, however, began admiring Dorian, he changed. Lord into his life, and the painting showed a form of beauty that he could achieve again in real life without the help of magic. With this, Dorian morbid soul with the painting and continues living as beautiful as he physically, but spiritually he is rotting inside. Wilde creates an seemingly perfect man and has him destroy himself and his friends along of this happened because of the picture of Dorian Gray.