Basil Hallward
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Basil is a young talented and well known artist who was
fascinated by a rich beautiful young man called Dorian Gray. After they become
friends, Basil painted a picture of Dorian. His passion towards Dorian reflected
to the picture—which later become Basil’s masterpiece. After seeing his own
picture, Dorian Gray wished to keep his youthfulness immortal, while the
picture must bear all his corruption in flesh as well as in sins. The altered
Dorian was now enthralled by the poisonous-mind Lord Henry, and neglected
Basil. However, Basil kept taking good care of his friend. From the first time
Dorian met Lord Henry, it was Basil who warned Lord Henry to not poisoning
Dorian’s innocent mind.
I see Basil as a man with a strong morality. Every time Lord
Henry or Dorian said of something cynical or immoral, Basil would say something
like, ‘you know you don’t mean that!’, as if he trusted that his friends would
not think such an awful idea. In many occasion Basil tried to prevent Dorian
from moral degradation in the society, however he never forced his will to Dorian.
No matter how Dorian has neglected him as a friend, Basil would always be
patient to him. When Dorian did not let Basil see his own painting, Basil sadly
accepted Dorian’s decision without arguing.
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| which one is Basil, do you think?... |
When negative rumors about Dorian began to spread within the
society, Basil always stood for Dorian. And after Basil knew that Dorian had
changed completely and had done all the evils everyone had rumored about, Basil
did not accused him nor said hard things in anger. Basil only asked Dorian to
pray together with him, to ask for repentance from God. He did not mention
about Dorian’s sins, but only wish him to be relieved from them. How lucky
anyone who has a friend like Basil!
If there was any negative point in Basil’s character, it was
perhaps his idolatry to Dorian. I mean, it’s normal to love and adore someone,
but I think Basil had been over-worshipping Dorian, that had a bad influence to
Dorian in the end. But overall, I like Basil Hallward, he is a friend who will always
be there for us, no matter how bad we treated him sometime… Don’t you just love
to have a friend like that?
Basil is the left one, Dorian is Ben Barnes :D
ReplyDeleteHaven't watched the movie, not before reading the book, but who don't know Ben? hahaha *salah fokus*
I guess Basil's character was the most lovable from your description.
You're right!! :) Yes, I love Basil, I think he's just an ordinary man, who can make mistake in his life, trying to do good for his friend, but unknowingly made everything got worse...
Deletebaru tahu ada filmnya ya? basil kayaknya ngefans banget sama si dorian =) semacam conscience nya si dorian ya..
ReplyDeleteSebenarnya conscience-nya Dorian bisa dikatakan si lukisan, tapi pada akhirnya Basil juga mengingatkan Dorian utk bertobat. Dan Basil ini bukan cuma ngefans, tapi lebih ke mencintai atau memuja.
DeleteDoriannya ganteeeng.. aak, imuut.. *salah fokus
ReplyDeleteKamu salah fokus mulu kalau datang kesini yah... =))
Deleteaku udah nonton filmnya... tapi lupa jalan ceritanya gimana... Apa gara-gara aku terlalu terpesona sama Ben Barnes aka. Dorian yang ganteng yah??? Hehehe...
ReplyDeleteAku kok lebih suka sama Basil yah? Dorian itu...hmm..terlalu "cantik"
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