Dorian, Basil, and Harry are three personas of Oscar Wilde, according to the author himself. Dorian was the ideal he wished to become. Basil was the person he considered himself to be. Harry was how the world saw him.

@SakuraFruitTube

10 ай бұрын

Ooooo I thought of it like, Basil is the angel and Harry is the devil. They both give Dorian advice and Dorian kills the angel first because he made him feel ashamed of himself. Or another setup could be like, Basil is the super ego, Harry the id, and Dorian the ego. These terms are from Sigmund Freud.

@nobodynobody8824

8 ай бұрын

​@@SakuraFruitTubewow, the theory is interesting

@TequilaMockingBird91

4 ай бұрын

@@SakuraFruitTubeyeah, I too saw Basil as the nagging angel on Dorian’s shoulder and Henry as the tempting devil on Dorian’s other shoulder. Outside of that, I’m pretty sure Basil represents the Victorian Era’s idealism at the time that was constantly oppressing Wilde (specifically, the society’s rejection of Homosexuality)

@buzzligyear9106

2 ай бұрын

Im just looking answers for my english exam

“Sin is the only real color element in the modern world” ~Oscar Wilde, the Picture of Dorian Gray

@parissantiago3465

4 жыл бұрын

was this summary on the entire book or just the first 5 chapters

@ishanafondekar6334

4 жыл бұрын

joe mama Entire book tbh. It was in the first five chapters approximately

@LucianC137

Жыл бұрын

The same philosophy will lead one to death...spiritual death. As portrayed by Oscar Wilde himself with Dorian's ending. Lord Henry is a fool...a fool that appears to be wise, of whose consequence Dorian had to go through himself.

In the novel Dorian blames the portrait but from my view it is all henry's fault how dorian turned out

@OllieMawLe

5 жыл бұрын

End of the day we make our own choices, Henry manipulated him yes but the entire time Dorian was aware of the effects of his action yet did them anyway.

@pedroflores9427

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest as I read the book I looked at it as Good conscious (basil) bad conscious (Henry) they both impacted dorians life greatly Dorian says it before killing basil & he tells Henry towards the end of the book to not ever give someone else the book he recommended to Dorian because it was “evil” so they both played a huge factor in Dorians life but he loved himself to much and pursued Henry’s belief in hedonism & would’ve most likely continued if it wasn’t for his sins catching up to him. I don’t think he repented because even when he was trying to be “good” with that girl towards the end it later reveals to himself that he did it out of “curiosity” “vanity” & “hypocrisy” so their was no changing in that man which gives life to the “you live by the sword you die by the sword” he killed basil with a knife and died by the knife this book was just a masterpiece beginning to end definitely going to re-read eventually

@busy_bunny

2 жыл бұрын

Basil was right about Henry being a bad influence on Dorian ig

@LucianC137

Жыл бұрын

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinth 15:33

@MultiStephanieMarie

Жыл бұрын

You make your own choices in life.

“What of Art? -It is a malady. --Love? -An Illusion. --Religion? -The fashionable substitute for Belief. --You are a sceptic. -Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith. --What are you? -To define is to limit.”

This is a brilliant book, my favorite book of all time. Almost every single line of dialogue is quotable, it’s incredible.

@dear5480

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@Burpingtogheter

Жыл бұрын

"no woman is a genius" -Lord Wotton

“We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless."

I thought Basil was cool😔

@meghana5931

4 жыл бұрын

same :(

@rachael4218

3 жыл бұрын

Me as well

*Describes setting as victorian era * *Draws Dorian, Basil and Henry as the mot unattractive, boring, accountant dad look * Edit: nice to know that this is one of the most liked comments on this post, glad we can agree on this XD

@athyrmose

4 жыл бұрын

books create your own content to please your expectations, then.

@books2438

4 жыл бұрын

Dree this feels like a challenge. And btw, my first comment wasn’t meant to sound as rude as I think it turned out to be. I was just criticizing the logic behind these drawings

@anonralph7081

3 жыл бұрын

@@athyrmose you must first understand what the author says. If you don't you'll completely misunderstand what Oscar is trying to say.

Wonder if I can write my whole essay off this🤔🤔

@jasmyncox564

3 жыл бұрын

that’s what i’m about to do 💀

@clau6023

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasmyncox564 same 🙃

@ellenliljenberg1340

3 жыл бұрын

same, gosh ...

@caesarion2611

3 жыл бұрын

Sameee +

@crowagent

2 жыл бұрын

@@shinggeul3447 I guess we'll never know

this was very helpful, thank you☺

i don’t understand half the things lord henry has said

@charlindimathebula4004

2 жыл бұрын

Lol same

@_zdencka9644

2 жыл бұрын

same XD

@Jenny-mo1be

2 жыл бұрын

They went over my head like a bouncer 💀

@mattiemccarthy9102

2 жыл бұрын

I think that is kind of the point

Okay, the drawings are not accurate to the era that the novel was written in ... but I must say I think this is quite brilliant at capturing the essence of the storyline in such a short amount of time ... better than cliff notes!

This book sounds amazing, can’t wait to finish reading it

@kw9568

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@kagaria

2 жыл бұрын

@@kw9568 why are you laughing?

@kw9568

2 жыл бұрын

@@kagaria I think they were being sarcastic by saying "wow can't wait to read it". They have no intention because there is nothing left for them to read. This video explains everything and leaves no surprises. Therefore the comment is very funny! 😁😅

@greekyogurt2855

2 жыл бұрын

@@kagaria cuz it’s a m-m-mid book

I struggled with this book thanks for the full summary of the book! I fully understand it now

"It is better to be beautiful than to be good."

This was super helpful, thank you so much

appreciated this, such a simple way of summarising a complicated story !

Not here because of tests or whatever. Here because the book actually sounds quite fascinating.

Anyone watching this before paper 2 today?😂🥴

@dalenbunce1172

3 жыл бұрын

You know it 😂

@Amal_Od

3 жыл бұрын

I looked for this comment

@someoneno-one2277

2 жыл бұрын

Crying in agony

@koryn666

5 ай бұрын

same here, 2024

Thank you so much for this. This is a great animation!

This is the best book ever I read. Amazing

@parissantiago3465

4 жыл бұрын

was this summary on the entire book or just the first 5 chapters ?

@hritikadhavde2729

3 жыл бұрын

@@parissantiago3465 entire book

i though book was called portrait of dorian gray if you look up this book that was translated into other languages the book is called portrait of dorian gray.DOES ANYONE ELSE REMEMBER PORTRAIT AND NOT PICTURE.?

@soulubilityofficial6635

5 жыл бұрын

Mandela effect

@rashhd1497

5 жыл бұрын

@@soulubilityofficial6635 exactly what i was thinking

@TheInator1234

5 жыл бұрын

@@soulubilityofficial6635 kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3ubt9SjYZOulLA.html

@TD-rn5yi

4 жыл бұрын

I remember it as portrait.

@oarabetsengoasheng5080

4 жыл бұрын

Arkman Official // what is the Mandela Effect ? 👀

That a Great Illustrated narration of the Dorian Gray story.

Good video which depicts key facts from the novel👍🏻

Okay ready for my test tomorrow thanks man👍

When Henry first met Dorian, 27-28 years old was even immerses the youth will live there talking with Dorian Henry, the young man was only a few years.

@hritikadhavde2729

3 жыл бұрын

@Cloud nah Dorian was 21

Thanx u helped to complete my tution home work by this summary

Greatest book ever, and it’s not even close.

My mans simplified the 20 chapters I have for exam in like 5 minutes, what a goat

'Yes teacher, I read the book"

thanks for saving me the time to actually read the book and from my english teacher :)

@ronanhavern1980

2 жыл бұрын

You're missing out

@finncullen

Жыл бұрын

If you're satisfied with watching porn but never make love yourself you're missing out. This is a great summary of the story but no substitute for experiencing it yourself.

@thebooktutor

Жыл бұрын

No gate keepers allowed

I love animated book summaries!

A fascinating story for sure.

This is amazing man

Excelent.I love it.

thank you so much.

Great job man!

Now that you mentioned about Lord Henry and Basil Hallward, I’m now wondering if these two men are demons, warlocks, masters of the dark arts or collectors of souls disguised as humans or if Dorian inadvertently conjures up a spell by wishing himself to be young forever instead of the portrait itself without even realizing it. Or if DORiAN unknowingly and somehow opened up a portal to hell the domain of Satan or something and unwittingly wished to be young forever instead of the portrait. Or unwittingly makes a deal with the devil in exchange for eternal youth at the cost of his own soul. 🤔

the artwork haha wow

Well done!

Just finished the book! It was breathetaking. Thanks for the summary! 2 October, 2022

very helpful, excellent video

"To cure the soul by means of the senses, and senses by means of the soul."

my favourite book of all time

This man has singlehandedly saved my grade from plummeting

Good review. Great story. Imagine being immortal. Wow! To still be around after hundreds of years. One thing is true, you would know what really happened in the past. Let's face it you would have witnessed something first hand. And today you would read the modern history books and maybe, just maybe...Lol! All history is just what it means. His. Story. History was predominantly written by men. Left brain and in a draconian way. History to me, whomever wrote it, is theory, opinion and conjecture. How one perceives history is down to the individual. One does not know what happened if one was not there to witness it. Yes it can be read in a book but, who wrote it? There are conflicting views of history in all books. Different cultures have differing stories of how events happened. Who knows which is telling the truth? Normally the victors would write whatever they wanted, who could argue? It is only his story after all. That is all well and good but, when it is taught in schools and becomes the mainstream then any other debate that says other wise is ridiculed, attacked and (excommunicated) pushed to one side as pseudoscience. It goes against the grain. Information has to stay linear in a civilized society. It has to be taught in schools and universities so the pupils can graduate, owe the state bucket loads of money, and become good civil servants and carry on with the flow of information they have learned, and repeat it over and over. And teach it to the next generation, and the next. All going the right way. The official way. That is what information is. IN. FORMATION. Linear. Ordered. Left brain. Masculine. My story is a mystery, unless I tell somebody else, then it becomes His Story. It is still just a story after all. I always wondered if the word Heresy derives from Her Say, like a woman's view point. It makes sense considering women were persecuted and not allowed to speak back then. The church was a male dominance over the female. How times have changed. Women were not allowed to do anything. They were basically property. There is a reason why the male orientated church suppressed the female, because they are aware that women are the creative of the two genders. The sacred feminine. This is why our history and the world is so riddled with war and violence. Having said that, it is more a spiritual trait. Take Oscar Wilde. He had the more feminine spirit inside of him and he was persecuted for being gay. He was a man but he had the creative essence of the female.🐯👍 Oscar Wilde, he was a gentle man, a creative mind A genius, a story teller, great prose, he left behind Persecuted, hounded, sentenced, for being gay A masterpiece, The Picture Of Dorian Gray How times have moved on! One might say How ironic, how this brilliant mind, is revered and celebrated today. 👍🐯by Leo

@bigdongcat

4 жыл бұрын

write my essay on this please

@oliverhernandez2486

3 жыл бұрын

My praise to you sir

Thank you so much

GREAT NARRATION 👍🏿💪🏾💯

Good work!

I love him 😩

Understated opening - “One of the most famous classic novels in English Literature.”

Good Job!

this is really great

@parissantiago3465

4 жыл бұрын

was this summary on the entire book or just the first 5 chapters ?

Cool story bro

Great novel!

Wassup NHS matrics watching this the night before your exam

I loved this book❤️

❤ amazing

Thanks i have a home reading report of this

Dorian Gray in Penny Dreadful is so beautiful.

Just finished this, Lord Henry was my favourite character

where are all the other chapters this is really good

ah yes i read the ook in 5min and 15sec and now i am done for school

well done!

thanks this helped!

Ugh I Frl have a test on this book tomorrow and I haven’t read the book😭😭 Thank you so much

I just finished writing paper 2 English n im proud say tht i passed with flying colours 🔥🔥becoz of u

sorry but,, the green blob monster that is the manifestation of dorian's sins and corruptions on the painting lmao

@honeycombkisses7559

4 жыл бұрын

it gets better,, james- i'm as dead as basil

“Damn you’re beautiful can i paint u?” Lmao

I see Old Navy was popular in Victorian London.

@thebooktutor

4 жыл бұрын

Some fashion is timeless.

Not even this drawing is blond... :(

@parissantiago3465

4 жыл бұрын

was this summary on the entire book or just the first 5 chapters ?

@barejon2733

3 жыл бұрын

@@parissantiago3465 My edition has 20 chapters, I dont know why he labeled them one to five. He should have made his video into a 10 min summary instead and he could have covered a lot more of the plot

This is the greatest book ever written.

The song tears and rain brought me here

@jasmin0930

5 жыл бұрын

Carolina Ramirez One of my favorite James Blunt songs

was this summary on the entire book or just the first 5 chapters

@hritikadhavde2729

3 жыл бұрын

Entire book

I read that book myself but there was different contents👀👀. After murer of Belsil, Dprian came to differend friend and they got read of the body, after that friend comits suicide. After all morders and people who led to kill themself, he decides to change ways to good by breaking heart of young woman and hoping that portret will become normal again. When he checked it, was even vorse, of course, the last blow for him, and without power to bear it anymore Dorian Gray commit suiced too

If only the cast of the film were as diverse ts that of this video

You managed to summarize Dorian Gray without mentioning BUGGERY.

Man I read this book and didn’t even take away any of this… wasted my time now I gotta read it all the way over again just to see if I see this… lol

SOULJAH

I also recently opened a KZread channel and I know it's quite hard starting of so just keep making videos ( I'm sure that you'll do great)

@PresidentJacquesChirac

4 жыл бұрын

ok

@PixieQuin

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

Amai Mask's theory brought me here

I heard that some people compare Dorian Grey with a Vampire, I think it more like curse or wish what you wish for. The sins he does on people show on the paint a mirror to his soul and real age.

where's the part after chp 5?

0:02 0:07 0:13 0:16 0:25 0:29 0:38 0:45 0:49 0:55 1:01 1:12 1:17

So Dorian's wish came true upon the painting.

in the version i read it had everything except the James stuff. I think I read a "restored" version, is that why?

@brendano8

7 жыл бұрын

The story was originally published in serial form in a magazine. It was later published as a novel and at that point the stuff about James Vane was added. You must've read the original story. I suppose that's what's meant by "restored."

@shannarahill3123

7 жыл бұрын

ahh thank you, yes! I'm thinking I will read the novel version now, it would be interesting to see what was changed and added

@annmariebyrnes7847

Жыл бұрын

Wilde wrote several versions.

Just finished the book today. 25.06.2022, 23.54

Englisch liebe ich

Sounds a lot like jojos bizzare adventure

Lord Henry should have contemplated on the words spoken by that "vulgar" preacher more. "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" - Mark 8:36

I dont know where my debit card is....

Hey, didnt Dorian have blond hair?

i really wanna read it but it's written in a boring way and i can never read more than 3 pages at once

In the movie Henry drew the pick

@miriaam6597

4 жыл бұрын

... No?

doesn't seem like it was art for arts sake?

@jesseleeward2359

4 жыл бұрын

I know. That whole movement was silly. They never did what they claimed to do. Write for pure amusement. Oscar Wilde wrote some silly satirical plays with a LOT of political commentary and then felt embarassed by the lack of depth and wrote a book with a catholic religious and psychological themes. He was never a superficial entertainer even though he claimed to be.

stop using thought bubbles instead of speech bubbles

Sad thing is women want Christian Gray, when they themselves look like 'The picture of Dorian Gray..'.

@mb2770

3 жыл бұрын

Shut up, incel

@metamind8674

2 жыл бұрын

@@mb2770 Struck a nerve, huh.

does anyone else see the relationship between henry and dorian as grooming? i get manipulative vibes from henry

Wow

What's your pleasure Dorian Gray?