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Preface: art is a reflection of the consumer/critic, with no moral standing of its own.
What the hell is he cooking here? Plenty of art takes a moral stance. Even something like a Greek sculpture will belie some vice/virtue: physical strength, heroism, etc.
Dorian's portrait will come to reflect the ugliness of his soul, but how does the critic/consumer play into this?
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What the hell is he cooking here? Plenty of art takes a moral stance. Even something like a Greek sculpture will belie some vice/virtue: physical strength, heroism, etc.
Dorian's portrait will come to reflect the ugliness of his soul, but how does the critic/consumer play into this?
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Chapter 3: Henry finds out about Dorian's parents. He attends lunch with Dorian and company, ensnaring them with his words and convincing them to sin. More seeming paradoxes: he insults reason yet praises science, takes pleasure in the influence he has on Dorian (despite earlier claiming influence to be immoral). What a snake!
Henry claims to Dorian that beauty is better than genius. However, earlier he said to Basil that genius lasts longer than beauty. Is Henry being disingenuous/deceitful here or does he believe both to be true?
When Dorian sees the portrait, he becomes aware of his own beauty, and perhaps its own fleeting nature (Genesis 3:7?). He offers his soul to reverse the roles. The devil has him in his clutches!