Dorian Gray is a handsome and innocent young man who sits for a portrait by Basil Hallward. He meets Lord Henry Wotton, who influences Dorian with his views on beauty and youth. Dorian begins to wish he could remain young and beautiful while the portrait ages instead. After hurting his girlfriend Sibyl, who later commits suicide, Dorian fully embraces a hedonistic lifestyle. Over time, he commits unspecified evil acts while remaining youthful, as the portrait ages and degrades in his place. When Basil sees the portrait and confronts Dorian, Dorian kills him. Later, Dorian destroys the portrait at last, but his wish has taken its toll - his body instantly ages into a wretched form

3. Handsome, innocent
(maybe) wealthy young
man
The subject/ model of
the portrait made by
Basil Halward
Because of he
influenced by Lord
Henry, he bacame
extremely concerened
with his good-looking
appearance

4. Lord Henry Wotton
Charming talker,
friend of Basil
Hallward
Badly influenced
Dorian Gray

5. An artist, friend of
Lord Henry
Become obsessed with
Dorian Gray after
meeting him at a party

11. Dorian's nature is unspoiled and his exquisite outer beauty mirrors the pure inner
beauty of his soul. He's as innocent as the day he was born… until a certain
young Lord enters the picture.

12. To cut a long story short, Dorian
idealistically falls in love with
Sibyl, and, upon realizing the fact
that she doesn't live up to his
expectations, he dumps her. She
kills herself, and instead of
mourning her and learning a lesson,
Dorian reads the yellow book,
listens to Lord Henry, and gets over
the whole thing.
After Sybil’s death her brother James promises
to find and kill Dorian.

13. He's deeply influenced by the yellow book, and consequently changes his mode of
living. Though things look peachy keen on the surface, rumors start to emerge about
Dorian's secret, evil deeds. We don't know any details, but it seems like our hero has
gone completely over to the dark side.
All bets are off—Dorian seems to have lost all vestiges of his former self. He doesn't
even have any feelings left for Basil, formerly his best friend; in fact, even after he
kills Basil in a fit of passion, he pretty much feels like B. brought it upon himself.
Like Lord Henry, Dorian seems mostly to be filled with a vague sense of pity and
contempt for everyone else. To top it all off, he blackmails another ex-friend, Alan
Campbell, into covering for his crime.

14. Dorian is understandably shaken by Basil's murder, but not for reasons we'd
expect; rather, he's terrified that he'll get caught. To make matters worse, he
discovers that James Vane (brother of Sibyl) is back in town and on the
murderous prowl for him. Dorian is wracked with fear of death, first in
London, then when James follows him to his country home at Selby.

15. Life lessons from Oscar Wilde—if you're stalking someone during a hunt, don't
hide out in the line of fire (Chapter 18)
It seems as though everything has worked out for old Dorian Gray—James Vane
is accidentally killed at Selby, which means that there's nobody out looking for
him. He feels a profound sense of relief, and wonders if he should change his ways
after all.
The man makes a last attempt to change his life , but when he finds out that
there are no changes in his portrait, he destroys the picture.
The portrait comes back to its original form.
The body of old, horrible and dreadful man lefts lying on the floor. Only rings on
his fingers tell us who he is.

16. The author was very successful in
finding the right means to
represent the evil in this book.
The book ends on more on a good
note than a bad; that there is hope
in stopping evil, we just have to
have a want for it.
This story shows us that you can't
have everything forever, one has to
live life as one is. Dorian tried to
stay young forever and it brought
him nothing but pain. We can't
make such mistakes because we
only live once, we have to take
Dorian's example and make our
lives better, and worth living.

17. The problem of Evil
• The theme of evil is very
much reflected by the book's
setting, plot structure
and characterization. It
shows how individuals can
slowly deteriorate because
of the evil lying within
themselves. The evil of this
book is the evil created
by one's self and trusted
upon one's self.