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The next song is “피 땀 눈물 or Blood Sweat & Tears”. It is a song about being so intoxicated with your own feelings again that you neglect yourself in the process. You are to 'high' on love and the desires that you end up having needs. This represent the new Dorian who, “A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them” (Wilde 89). Dorian has changed to someone with new passions and ideas. He says that there is nothing that would change him. Dorian goes on to live a self-indulgent life of pleasure and starts his murders. After killing his good friend Basil, he feels that he was truly turned bad and starts …show more content…

Just like the song says, “It doesn’t matter if it hurts, make it tighter so I can’t escape. Hold me tight and shake me so I’ll be unconscious. Kiss me on the lips lips, this is a secret between the two of us. I am addicted by the prison that is you. I cannot worship anyone else beside you. I knowingly drank from the poisoned chalice.” Dorian decides to freeze his guilt by visiting an opium den “where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new” (Wilde 151) After some time he realizes that he cannot stop sinning. Dorian “I can’t reject it anyway. I can’t even escape anymore. You are too sweet, two sweet. Because you are too sweet.” It all started with his the idea of eternal youth and beauty and his curiosity is his painting would change back to how he was …show more content…

This song talks about the people that love you and support you. It talks about those that offered their shoulder when you need it the most. Those that have been there for you and are willing to do any favor for you. This would be a perfect example of what Basil wants to be to Dorian, while Dorian believes Henry is the only one that is able to understand how he feels. Once again how much he was influenced and that changed the way he was not able to realize the person who truly wanted him to be good. Basil and Henry in a way are the moral options Dorian had available to choose from. To him both were friends that helped him and realized influenced him. Basically, Basil and Henry represent the opposite influences of good and evil as is trying to take over Dorian’s soul. Basil is Dorians “good” while Henry is obviously the “evil”. have already chosen a side. At the beginning of the story we see how Dorian is friends with Basil and have a good relationship with each other. They considered themselves good friends, however when he starts getting influenced by Lord Henry he changes with Basil. He starts telling Basil that he doesn’t understand him and that he only likes him because he is his inspiration for art. While Lord Henry just tries to make Dorian justify his actions. For example, when he felt guilt for Sibyl’s death, Lord henry convinces Dorian to ignore his guilt and forget that it even happened. He tells him that is not worth him wasting

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