“As soon as he had
left, he rushed to the screen, and drew it back. No; there was no further
change in the picture. It had received the news of Sibyl Vane’s death before he
had known it himself” (Wilde 76).
Dorian has just heard the news about Sibyl Vane’s death
and Lord Henry has just left. Dorian confirms that the picture has changed as a
result of Sibyl’s death. The beauty of Dorian has changed and as a result the
painting has changed, because the painting is supposed to exemplify Dorian. The
previous night at the theater Dorian had explained to Basil and Lord Henry that
when “the curtain rises, and you will see the girl to whom I am going to give
all my life, to whom I have given everything that is good in me” (Wilde 60). Now
that Sibyl had passed away everything that is good in Dorian is gone, because
he gave everything great to her. Dorian can no longer be the person he wanted
to be, because he does not know what that person looks like without Sibyl in
his life. It appears that Dorian has given up on the life that he believed he
wanted.
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