The Picture Of Dorian Gray Evil Essay — страница 2

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first act of covetousness was when he craved to be infinitely young. He wanted to be different, to be superior to others, to have something that the whole world would be envious of. He believed that to live a simple life was merely to live at all. When he first started his life of debauchery his uneasy conscious made him avoid those he knew. Although once he became regulated to a life of degradation he no longer cared what others thought of him. This is one of the biggest ironies of the story; that he no longer cared what people think of him. He originally wanted to stay young and lovely so others would recognise his greatness so he may still be able to do audacious things. His pride of individualism was half of his fascination of evil. The author was very successful in finding

the right means to represent the evil in this book. The different aspects of the book made this possible. In Dorian’s attempt to redeem himself he must terminate his life. The book ends on more of a good note than a bad; that there is hope in stopping evil, we just have to have a want for it.