The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a novel that tellsthe storyof a young man named Dorian Graywho becomes obsessedwith theidea of eternal youth and beauty. The novel beginswith Dorian, ahandsome and innocent young man,sitting for a portrait painted bythe talented artist BasilHallward. While admiring his own beauty inthe portrait, Dorian expresses awish that he could remain young anduntouched by the passage of time,while the paintingwould ageinstead. As Dorian indulgesin a life of hedonism and debauchery, herealizesthat hiswish hascome true—the portrait ages and showstheeffects of hissinful lifestyle,while he remains youthful and untouched.Dorian becomesincreasingly corrupted by his own desires and immoral