can anyone tell me any info on DorianGray.. a site or something i can reserch him on?

Answer 1

Yes, give me a couple of minutes. Dorian Grey(sp?) was fictional character in a book. He had a portrait painted of himself. He ceased to age, but his image in the portrait did age.

Now I'll go find references.

The Picture of Dorian Gray was published in 1890. It was written by Oscar Wilde, shortly before his life fell apart. It was the only novel Wilde published. It was received unfavorably by some proper persons who felt it promoted hedonism.

The movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/

The wiki citation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray

The Book report you can't hand in to school(but you can get an idea of the book):
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/doriangray/

Answer 2

I've read the book The Picture of Dorian Gray, Julz. It's by Oscar Wilde. It's one of my favourites.
In the story Dorian Gray is a very handsome wealthy young man who meets a cynical mentor who teaches Dorian that self fullfillment is everything in life and having moral qualms is a sign of weakness. Dorian is flattered by this mentor who compliments him on his good looks. Dorian is shown an old statuette in this mentor's house and he's told that it represents the devil and it has special powers! Dorian doesn't really believe this but in his vanity he holds the object and makes a vow to the devil that if he can keep his youthful looks for ever his soul can go to the devil.
And that is exactly what happens in the story!! Only a painting of Dorian stored in the attic of his house ages. Dorian himself stays young and handsome.

It's a morality tale. Dorian is free to enjoy his youth forever. He denies himself no self indulgence and no worry or shame or guilt shows on his face. He feels no tenderness for anyone. He is immune to human feeling because his own pleasure is all that matters and he will do anything to get satisfaction. Meanwhile his portrait in the attic gets uglier and uglier with every one of his misdeeds. Dorian finally cannot stand to think of that hideous picture hidden away anymore and he does something to end the book which I won't give away here for anyone who wants to read it.

Answer 3

Dorian Gray is the main character of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Dorian Gray was the orphaned grandson of Lord Kelso. His mother, Margaret Deveraux, a great society beauty, died in childbirth shortly after Dorian's father was killed in a duel. It was said that Lord Kelso paid a Belgian duelist to cause the fight.

The novel begins with Dorian as a young man. Kelso is dead, and Dorian has inherited much of the Deveraux fortune. He is now the protege of Lady Agatha, Lord Henry Wotton's aunt, and together they entertain and raise money for the Whitechapel poor.

Until Dorian finally meets Lord Henry he is naive of his own good looks and personality. His innocence is unspoiled and his knowledge of the world resembles that of a child. To his friend, the artist Basil Hallward, Dorian is simply a motive in art, a privately worshipped icon in the painter's idealistic world. Dorian is described as "wonderfully handsome, with his finely-curved scarlet lips, his frank blue eyes and his crisp gold hair . . . All the candour of youth was there, as well as all of youth's passionate purity."

Answer 4

Dorian Gray is the main character of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

More information, including the original character in the novel (plot and ending is revealed) and references to Dorian Gray in popular culture (In other literature, On the stage, In movies, In television, In music, in Pop Culture and Elsewhere):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_Gray

Answer 5

Thats quite a story. For your information there is a movie of Dorian Gray and you might want to check if the author Oscar Wilde has a sight. He should as he was a famous author

Answer 6

Do you mean the band from Wisconsin or the story by Oscar Wilde ("The Picture of Dorian Gray")? I've posted links for both...

Answer 7

Just read "The Picture of Dorian Gray." It will give you every bit of research there is. He's a fictional character and thus, only his creator (author) knows anything real about him. The rest is simply guess work.

Answer 8

LIke I said email me [e-mail]

Answer 9

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/doriangray/canalysis.html
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JohnHaddad/002597.html
http://www.learnlibrary.com/dorian-gray-forum/
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/PictureOfDorian.html

All of these sites given information and history.