A Portrait of Dorian Gray :: A Portrait of Dorian Gray

A Portrait of Dorian Gray He began to wonder whether we could ever shuffling psychology so absolute a science that for each cardinal circumstantial spring of spirit would be revealed to us. noble Henry spend many days merely philosophizing about the power of the pass and how it could be manipulated. Exercising his abilities of control and influence was what nettle lived for, and when Dorian uttered the fateful phrase wishing to trade places with the portrait, he was not collision a bargain with the master key of Darkness, and rather one of his rogues. Lord Henry assumed the role of temptation and lured the nave Dorian into a legacy of abominable deeds and sordid affairs. Dorian received the benefits of Harrys charm, wit, and views. As for payment, Dorian surrendered any control he whitethorn stick had over his own thoughts, decisions, or emotions. Harry was able to attend his quest for mind control and perform his own psychological experiments as he willed. The mat ter of the portrait that had plagued Dorian for most of his adult life can easily be explained. The painting was merely his guilt that had manifested and displaced itself as figment of his imagination. For although he had traded his self control for superficial characteristics, he windlessness remained the owner of his soul.Harry slowly exerts control over Dorian in two simple ways. First he implants ideas and reactions into Dorians sub-conscience track him to believe that the thoughts that are flowing from his head are his own, not Lord Henrys. After Sybils death, Harry consoles Dorian, or at to the lowest degree that is how Dorian sees the encounter. You have explained me to myself, HarryI felt all that you have said, but somehow I was afraid of it, and I could not extinguish it to myself. How well you know me. It is not that Harry knows Dorian so well, but that Lord Henry has influenced and molded Dorians coping mechanisms. The youth man will now follow this pattern of deni al each time he is faced with remorse, guilt, or sadness. Henry himself admits to the fact that he is experimenting with Dorian, It was clear to him that the experimental method was the only method by which one could arrive at any scientific analysis of the passions and certainly Dorian Gray was a subject made to his hand, and seemed to promise rich and reproductive results.