Tecnologia En Informacion Y Comunicacion

The Picture of Dorian Gray

In his London studio the artist Basil Hallward puts the finishing touches on his latest portrait of a young man. After Lord Henry, who is visiting to Basil, asks aboutthe young man's identity, Basil declines to answer, but Lord Henry discovered it was the portrait of Dorian.
Lord Henry immediately begins to influence of a bad form to Dorian, suggesting that heshould treasure and guard his youth and beauty while he has them, because they will soon fade. Terrified of aging, Dorian wishes he could trade his soul to stay as young as he looks in the portrait.The portrait thus begins to take on a life like existence. Basil's threat to burn the portrait is likened to "murder" and he prefers give the portrait to the real Dorian.
Dorian falls in love with ayoung actress, Sibyl Vane, a woman he knows. She plays a different woman at each night's performance, earning the label of "genius" from Dorian, who is as smitten with her acting more than with herpersonality. They become engaged, much to the surprise of Lord Henry and Basil.
The sweet, wholesome Sibyl discusses her engagement with her family. Because her mother is indebted to the theatremanager, Mr. Isaacs, for fifty pounds, she is against the marriage unless Dorian is wealthy; they do not know that he is. Sibyl's angry brother, James, is leaving for Australia, but he vows to kill Dorianif he wrongs his sister in any way.
Dorian attends a performance of Sibyl's with Lord Henry and Basil, but the performance is terrible. Sibyl tells Dorian she can no longer act, because he has shownher a beautiful reality. Dorian is disgusted by her poor acting, because her performances were what drew him to her; he dismisses her and returns home. To his surprise, the portrait shows marks ofcruelty around the mouth, lines that do not show on Dorian's face. He begins to suspect that his wish is coming true, so he vows to be good so that both he and the portrait can remain young. He,...