Basil eventually confronted Dorian about the dark rumors surrounding his lifestyle. In a fit of rage, Dorian showed Basil the hideous portrait and then murdered him. Driven by guilt and the weight of his "monstrous" soul, Dorian eventually tried to "be good," but the portrait only showed more hypocrisy in his features.
: Dorian fell in love with an actress, Sibyl Vane, but cruelly rejected her after a poor performance. Dorian Gray
A beautiful portrait of their master as they had always known him. Basil eventually confronted Dorian about the dark rumors
Terrified of aging, Dorian made a fateful wish: that he could remain young forever while the portrait aged in his place. To his surprise, the wish came true. The Descent : Dorian fell in love with an actress,
: Under Lord Henry's influence, Dorian spent the next eighteen years in a spiral of debauchery and sin.
: While Dorian’s face remained flawlessly young, the portrait in his attic became a grotesque monster, reflecting every sin and act of malice. The Climax
Dorian Gray was a young man of extraordinary beauty in Victorian London. His friend, the artist Basil Hallward, painted a portrait of Dorian that captured his youthful perfection. During the sitting, Dorian met the cynical Lord Henry Wotton, who preached a philosophy of hedonism—that youth and beauty were the only things worth living for.