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The picture of Dorian Gray (Plot (Dorian kills Basil when he sees the…
The picture of Dorian Gray
Plot
Dorian kills Basil when he sees the signs on the portrait
Later Dorian wants to free himself from the portrait and stabs it but, doing so, he kills himself
The signs of ages and vices start to appear on the portrait while Dorian remains young and handsome
Meanwhile Lord Henry Wotton throws Dorian into a life of pleasure
Basil makes a portrait of the young man
Dorian Gray moves to London where he fascinates the painter Basil Hallward
Characters
Lord Henry Wotton
He teaches Dorian about hedonism and throws him into a life of pleasures
Basil Hallward
He represents how a good artist can be destroyed in a sacrifice for art
Dorian Gray
He represents the ideal of youth, beauty and innocence
Narrative technique
unobtrusive third person narrator (he does not gives opinions in the story)
identification between the reader and the character
Allegorical meaning
new version of the legend of Faust
Art survives people
The portrait can be regarded as the man's soul
Analysis
Preface
The painter's
studio
