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Dorian Gray Archetype

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Throughout the picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde depicts Dorian Gray as being greatly influenced by Lord Henry Wotton. Henry shapes Dorian and initially stirs the conflict that bring both Dorian and Basil Hallward to their untimely deaths. Their relationship is toxic and negatively affects other character’s lives as well as their own. However, as individuals, though they grow to have a similar outlook on life, Dorian is the only one who truly carries out this way of living. Dorian Gray begins the story as the archetype of beauty, naiveté and youth. However, when he meets Lord Henry Wotton and recognizes that the portrait of himself will remain beautiful longer than he will, he becomes obsessed with the idea of eternal aesthetic and becomes
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