The Picture of Dorian Gray
How does Harry win over Dorian?
Chapter 2 Basil intorduces Lord Harry to Dorian. Consider this chaper as a seduction scene.
Chapter 2 Basil intorduces Lord Harry to Dorian. Consider this chaper as a seduction scene.
The second chapter, in which Dorian himself makes his first appearance, describes the beginning of Dorian's corruption at the hands of Lord Henry. It also introduces Dorian's inadvertantly faustian bargain, as the boy pleads for the picture to age in his place. Worth noting is the fact that Lord Henry invites Dorian into Basil's garden as he delivers his lecture on youth, beauty, and the value of immorality. This Eden-like setting emphasizes the fact that Dorian's response to Henry's words represents the boy's fall from grace; it is Dorian's original sin.
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