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killed the essence of who he is. In the novel, Wilde uses the ideals of conscience and beauty to reveal how a fixation with one’s outward appearance will lead will to complete destruction of morality, and therefore one’s self. Before the death of Sibyl Vane, a beautiful girl who loved him dearly, Dorian is heavily influenced by Lord Henry and still has a moral conscience. Preceding the creation of the portrait, Dorian is pure and innocent, yet to be touched by the idea of immortality. When Dorian

characters: Okonkwo, Obierika, Dorian, and Sibyl Vane make sacrifices in two different ways: internally and externally. Consequently, all the emotions of the characters in the novel that led up to the sacrifice were anger, insanity, depression, and loyalty, which all result in death. Okonkwo and Obierika’s sacrifices are worth it because the emotions that they have when making the sacrifice show that they are fighting for their inalienable rights. Dorian Gray and Sibyl Vane’s sacrifices are not worth it

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde In Oscar Wilde’s first novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde strategically uses his main characters Lord Henry Wotton and Basil Hallward to represent good versus evil influences throughout the reading. In the book, Dorian Gray plays the role of the everyman who is in a vicious circle on having to decide between the side of good or evil. Lord Henry is the evil influence and is seen as a more devil-like character while Basil Hallward is the good Christianity

respond in life situations. Art can be a thing of beauty that causes energy and excitement. Art is what caused Dorian Gray to fall in love with Sibyl Vane. “She has not merely art, consummate art-instinct in her, but she has personality also; and you have often told me that it is personalities, not principles, that move the age” (Wilde 63). Sibyl Vane was an actress who Dorian becomes intrigued with, after seeing her act in a Shakespeare play. Dorian believes he is so heavily in love with

heart, looking like the figure in the portrait had just moments earlier (Boilard 992). Sibyl Vane, the actress that falls in love with Dorian, is brought up again when discussing Dorian’s hardness of heart. Dorian only focuses on the roles she plays on stage or in his life; he never focuses on her essential self (Profit 16). For example, Dorian refuses Lord Henry’s invitation for dinner and reminds Henry that Sibyl will be assuming the role of Imogen that evening and Juliet tomorrow. Lord Henry proceeds

lead to one's downfall and corruption. The ones closest to Dorian Gray ultimately influenced change in his personality and behaviour, which leads to his downfall. The theme is shown significantly through the characterization of the gorgeous actress Sibyl Vane, whom Dorian mistakenly believed he was in love with greatly. He convinced himself that he truly loved her, only to prove in the end, that his love was shallow, and he tactlessly broke her heart when he was no longer impressed with her acting

Influence, Corruption and Conscience in The Picture of Dorian Gray      Oscar Wilde's novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, explores the themes of influence, corruption and conscience. “The obvious influence of Lord Henry upon Dorian shows how one may corrupt another to such an extent that one's own conscience withers and dies”(Weintraub 116).   Basil Hallward, a painter, knows the corruptive influence that Lord Henry can impose upon his model, Dorian Gray. Basil does not want Lord Henry

turns to hatred when he sees Sibyl perform again. Sibyl, having never experienced love, is struck by her new feelings and loses her passion and talent for acting because the play, Romeo and Juliet, no longer appears to her like true love, the love she feels for Dorian. Her performance is stiff and unfeeling and Dorian looks like a fool in front of his friends, to whom he boasted about her talent. Dorian is embarrassed and angry and reacts by disavowing his love for Sibyl. His sudden loss of affection

Oscar Wilde was born in year of 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. Oscar Wilde’s parents were not an aristocrats but they were well-off and provide him with a proper educations. He was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and at Magdalen College, Oxford, and settled in London was where his married his wife, Constance Lyold in 1884 and had 2 sons. Wilde fell in with an artistic crowd that included great irish poet and began mediocre poetry but soon he achieved widespread fame for his comic plays. “The Picture

The Pressures of Youth and Beauty The novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, tells the story of a man obsessed with the pursuit of beauty and youth. He goes as far as to sell his soul, both literally and figuratively, in order to maintain his own youthful beauty. To preserve his youthful beauty, Dorian Gray allows his sins to be captured in a canvas self-portrait. However, in doing so, he does not take into account the impact his actions will have on others as well as on his own soul. In the novel,