The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, portrays Dorian as a greedy person. Dorian was given a painting of himself, which leads him to prioritize and fixate on beauty. Throughout the book, Dorian finds people that he starts to care about, but hurts them in the process. After realizing the consequences of his actions, he tries to undo the impact that he caused. Dorian shows signs of greed even when he realizes how much he has hurt others that he cares about. This was shown when Dorian wants to destroy the painting when he knew it would hurt Basil, when Dorian breaks up with Sybil, and when Dorian kills Basil.
Dorian shows his greed for his youth and beauty when he sees the painting Basil drew. During the time Lord Henry is talking to Dorian about his youth and beauty, Dorian gets extremely upset when he realizes that he will continue to grow old, but his portrait will not. Dorian starts to envision …show more content…
When he was walking with Basil, he says, “‘So you think that it is only God who sees the soul?...you will see mine’”(136). When Basil sees the painting, he became horrified as he saw a“ hideous face on the canvas grinning at him….disgust….loathing”(136). Dorian reacts angrily and blames Basil for “destroying [him]”(137). Instead of blaming himself for making himself a worse person, Dorian decided to blame someone else, even when he knew what he said would hurt Basil. When Basil proposes to Dorian to beg for forgiveness, Dorian interprets as a sign that Basil is not taking the punishment he deserves for bringing such hardship upon him. Instead, he goes to the extreme and decides to kill him. (sorry i didn’t finish this part)
Overall, Dorian Gray’s actions are evident even when he realizes how much he has hurt the people he cares about. This was shown when Dorian wanted to destroy the painting even though he knew it would hurt Basil, when Dorian broke up with Sybil, and when Dorian kills
Dorian shows his greed for his youth and beauty when he sees the painting Basil drew. During the time Lord Henry is talking to Dorian about his youth and beauty, Dorian gets extremely upset when he realizes that he will continue to grow old, but his portrait will not. Dorian starts to envision …show more content…
When he was walking with Basil, he says, “‘So you think that it is only God who sees the soul?...you will see mine’”(136). When Basil sees the painting, he became horrified as he saw a“ hideous face on the canvas grinning at him….disgust….loathing”(136). Dorian reacts angrily and blames Basil for “destroying [him]”(137). Instead of blaming himself for making himself a worse person, Dorian decided to blame someone else, even when he knew what he said would hurt Basil. When Basil proposes to Dorian to beg for forgiveness, Dorian interprets as a sign that Basil is not taking the punishment he deserves for bringing such hardship upon him. Instead, he goes to the extreme and decides to kill him. (sorry i didn’t finish this part)
Overall, Dorian Gray’s actions are evident even when he realizes how much he has hurt the people he cares about. This was shown when Dorian wanted to destroy the painting even though he knew it would hurt Basil, when Dorian broke up with Sybil, and when Dorian kills