Balthazar Grasian said: "People who can't see themselves may not exist." It is not known when humans created the first make-up mirror. The earliest artificial make-up mirror discovered by archaeologists was made of Made of polished obsidian, glass cosmetic mirrors did not gain widespread popularity until the late 18th century. In ancient times, our ancestors poured a layer of water into a large pottery pot for face-lifting, and called this pottery "Jian". A word "jian", which expresses the clear purpose of the cosmetic mirror, also hides its profound cultural connotation.

    Dorian Gray in Wilde's writings started out as a pure and beautiful young man, just as Aunt Yagasha said he was a "very lovely young man". Out of appreciation for beauty, painter friend Howard painted him a life-size portrait. However, after listening to Lord Henry Wharton's boast, Dorian Gray suddenly discovered the "serious" problem - who am I? What is beauty? What is love?

    The eyes of Dorian's discovery were opened by Lord Henry, and after discovering his own beauty, Dorian murmured: "How miserable! I shall grow old, and ugly, and terrifying; but the picture shall be forever young, Nothing more than it was on this June day...if only it could be reversed! If only I could be young forever and this painting would be old. For this-for this-me what I am willing to give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the world that I am unwilling to give! Even the soul is willing to give!" "B He began to feel pain for the long-term pain of beauty, and hoped that the portrait could take the burden of time and soul instead of himself. He This desire to think about people and wrongs has actually come true. For decades, he has lived a double-personal life under the cover of portraits. His appearance is innocent and pure, but in fact he is degenerate day by day. For example, he brutally destroyed Howard after killing him. The corpse is destroyed. Originally, his portrait could spur him to do good, but he was used as a talisman, anesthetizing his mind and protecting his sins. In the end, Dowling was still destroyed in the portrait---or Literally in his own hands.

    At the end of the novel, Dowling quotes a phrase from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", "like a portrait painted for sorrow, a face without a soul", which is the answer to the first three question marks. As the history of science expert Penderglast said, "We'd still be human beings without a makeup mirror. It's not the empty makeup mirror itself that I'm bemoaning, but what we reflect in the makeup mirror." Whether it's a mirror or a portrait, what a human wants to see is not what he should be, but what he should be. Makeup mirrors are just a medium for humans to seduce themselves.