Picture of Dorian Gray

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Running Head: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 1 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Running head: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 2 Synopsis In the novel, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, there are a total of twelve characters, but there are three main characters that are specifically focused on in the novel. The three characters are as follows: Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton, and Basil Hallward. The novel begins at Basil’s London home with Basil and Lord Henry waiting for Dorian to arrive for a portrait session. Basil was extremely hesitant to introduce Dorian to Lord Henry because of his bad influence. Once the introduction was over with, Basil starts to draw a portrait of Dorian. During the session, Lord Henry makes bad remarks between Dorian and the portrait, which angers Dorian to curse at the portrait and forces him to wish that the portrait would age and suffer instead of him. After a few weeks, Dorian falls in love with a young actress name Sibyl Vane for her amazing acting. They decided to get engaged because they loved each other with a passion, but that did not last long. Once Sibyl was deeply in love with Dorian, she loses her acting talent which makes Dorian falls out of love with her and ends their engagement. The next morning Dorian feels very guilty because of his actions from last night, and wanted to continue with the engagement, but Lord Henry tells Dorian that Sibyl committed suicide. As events continue on with Dorian’s life, the picture Basil drew of him was changing slowly over time due to his actions. Dorian was afraid of what he had witness of the portrait, he then puts the picture in a remote location in his house so no one can see the transformation but him. As years pass, Dorian’s reputation in London suffers because of his scandalous exploits. Basil,

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