Closer to home, if pleasure is not really evil, why did Dorian Gray fall? It seems to me that Dorian's fall in the movie is only at the moment when he kills the painter - at this moment he actually commits a crime. In other respects, as long as he doesn't pick up girls for rape, and the spenders aren't stealing, kidnapping, and cheating, there's nothing to criticize. He just happened to be lucky to be able to squander his youth like this. Anyway, he couldn't spend it all, and it was his own business to spend his love.
So why did Dorian kill the painter?
Some people will say that he is protecting the portrait in order to protect his ability to have eternal youth. It does. But I think this is an appearance. Only by deeply analyzing the motives of its actions can we find the root cause of its crimes.
Why did Dorian hide the portrait after he knew it's secret, so that no one could find it? Why was he so sure that others would look at him differently or even destroy the portrait when he knew it? In my opinion, it's because he's subconsciously worried about people's jealousy, worried that people will think: how unfair this is, why are you so lucky. Most people will either not be able to eat the grapes, say that the grapes are sour and call him a "monster" and alienate him, or they will frantically pursue him and demand to teach the secret of youth - this is the only place where the portrait puts "pressure" on him. Henry, can be said to be a representative of "people", he often said "this is the era of young people", if you say that he is not jealous, I will definitely not believe it. As a friend, in the end he offered not caring, but doing his best to uncover Dorian's secrets. If everyone can calmly accept the fact that Daolin has the privilege of "permanent youth" and can waste it freely, and thinks it's no big deal, Daolin doesn't have to work so hard to hide the portrait at all. "Life is too degenerate, and the portrait will become ugly," and then covered it with a piece of cloth.
Let's talk about painters. If the painter wants to destroy the portrait, he should feel distressed and jealous of Dorian's changes. It's a pity that Dowling didn't realize it, but under the "pressure" of the secret leak (returning to the problem of "worry about jealousy"), he killed the killer.
Finally, discuss Dorian's self-destructing portrait. This can be seen as his anger at his past actions, regret and submission to the pressure of public opinion (thinking of himself as a "monster"). But in fact, apart from killing the painter under "pressure", he did not have any major mistakes of principle.
It's not wrong to be the master of your own youth!
The fear of man made him commit murder; the fear of man made him submit and renounce his privilege.
Of course, Dorian's way of squandering his privileges is not advisable.
PS: For the woman who committed suicide, what I want to say is that people who try to change others can only hurt themselves in the end. This is a "false blood debt" of Dorian.
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