got off the hook with James, that situation was another lie added to his plate of guilt. Dorian’s stability worsened over time especially when he saw James Van’s face in the window at the country house. The memories of everything replayed in his head like a flashback, overwhelming him, causing him to faint. Still at the estate, Dorian gets word that his friend murdered a man and was relieved that the man who died was James Vane. Thankful that James Vane would be out of his hair forever, Dorian vows to change by only doing good deeds. Figuring that the good will way out the bad and that if he continuously par takes in act of courteous, he’ll forget all about the depraved memories rolling around in his mind. Dorian attempted his first act of kindness and immediately ran back to the portrait to see if the image was modified with positive features. Instead of a positive feature being added, the picture made Dorian have a hypocritical smile. For some reason Dorian thought that if you do something positive then all your history gets deleted and that’s incorrect thinking. What you have done may be in the past but it’s still attached to you forever. We live in a world where we think we can fix any and everything with bribes or saying sorry. Bribes only make you …show more content…
Take ownership of your actions and man up and deal with the consequences. Lord Henry was partially responsible for Dorian’s corruption but Dorian cannot lay all the blame on him. Dorian’s the one who confused love with lust; lead a girl on, then broke her heart. He was the cause of her suicide and he was delusional to think that her life was just a fiction of his imagination. He never knew what love was because the only thing he ever knew was art. He was delusional to think that he could run from his problems and they would just disappear. He was also delusional to think that intellect was stupidity. “Delusional beliefs shape both behavior and emotion” (Moritz