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📘 Dorian wants a beautiful face that will never reveal the life behind it

In Basil Hallward's studio, Dorian sees his portrait and realizes that the painted face will stay young while he grows old. Lord Henry has just taught him to fear the loss of beauty and to treat sensation as life's highest value. Dorian wis

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What you’ll learn

  1. Wish and SibylTrack the wish, Sibyl, and the split between public face and hidden record.Appearance is not innocence.
  2. Hidden portraitFollow hidden life, James Vane, failed reform, and the knife.Surface and history reunite at the end.

Questions this course answers

What does the portrait record?

It makes visible the consequences Dorian wants his appearance to conceal.

Why does Dorian reject Sibyl?

His response exposes how completely he has confused a person with an aesthetic experience.

Why is Dorian's reform with Hetty incomplete?

He asks what goodness does for his image rather than what he owes the person he claims to spare.

What happens at the end?

The final reversal reunites Dorian's public appearance with the life he tried to hide.

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