Inner Beauty In Oscar Wilde's The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Beauty on the inside is just as important as the beauty on the outside. But, many people do not see that and just concentrate on their outer beauty allowing their inner self to change and maybe become ugly and bad. Influence of the outside world or certain people can allow a person to believe that outer beauty is the most important thing in the world, but only if they actually allow the person to influence them and do not ignore what they are saying. Many novels portray characters who start caring about their outer beauty and are influenced negativly by others ignoring the warnings around them. Such as, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, where Dorian is influenced by Lord Henry, ignoring Basils warnings and turning into a a very sinful, vain and different person. The picture of Dorian Gray has many important chapters throughout the novel. One of the most important chapters is chapter 8, since it is the turning point of the whole novel considering the facts that, in chapter 8 Lord Henry’s influence on Dorian takes a further step, making Dorian become heartless and this chapter is the reason behind many actions and issues that occur in the novel.
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The way he deals with situations in this chapter leads him to becoming a horrible person. If he did not listen to Lord Henry, or even say that Sibyls death was a beautiful and horrific end to a wonderful play, he might have been able to redeem himself and not become the horrible person he was and end up killing himself. Even though Dorian was influenced by Lord Henry since the beginning of the novel, Dorian was still considered to have a nice and innocent soul, who tried wanted to fix his mistakes. But after the incidents that took place in this chapter, the following chapter consisted of Dorian committing more sins and being blind to the idea of redeeming himself and that he is ruining his