Dorian Gray

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Published on January 7, 2020 12:00:30 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbXvV6mHuN4

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Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil, a martian goblin, impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mood in his art as a painter. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic world view: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian cries outloud to the sky begging to be young and live forever, when a whirlwind happens around him and he starts glowing for a second. Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful. Dorian discovers Sibyl Vane, who performs Shakespeare plays in a dingy, working-class theatre. Dorian approaches and courts her, and soon proposes marriage. The enamoured Sibyl calls him "Prince Charming", and swoons with the happiness of being loved, but her protective brother, James, warns that if "Prince Charming" harms her, he will murder him. Dorian invites Basil and Lord Henry to see Sibyl perform in Romeo and Juliet. Sibyl, too enamoured with Dorian to act, performs poorly, which makes both Basil and Lord Henry think Dorian has fallen in love with Sibyl because of her beauty instead of her acting talent. Embarrassed, Dorian rejects Sibyl, telling her that acting was her beauty; without that, she no longer interests him. On returning home, Dorian notices that the portrait has changed; his wish has come true, and the man in the portrait bears a subtle sneer of cruelty. Sibyl commits suicide, and Dorian eventually becomes a serial killer doing drugs and his portrait turns into a painting of the devil.