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Gray, Dorian

Gray, Dorian

artist Basil Hallward’s “ideal of youth” remains young as his portrait ages. [Br. Lit.: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Magill I, 746–748]
See: Agelessness

Gray, Dorian

his portrait becomes the record of his life. [Br. Lit.: The Picture of Dorian Gray]
See: Appearances, Deceiving

Gray, Dorian

beautiful youth whose hedonism leads to vice and depravity. [Br. Lit.: Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray]
See: Decadence
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