Lord Henry

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Personality

Role

  • Aristocrat - rank without responsibility.
  • Regards the lower classes as disposable.
  • His contempt for private philanthropy is a form of social Darwinism
  • Cultured and intellectual.
  • Spreads his own brand of highly intelligent, paradoxical philosophies about art and life: “Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul”
  • Uses the power of words to dominate Dorian.
  • Plays Evil Angel to Dorian's Faust.
  • Powerful and poisionous influence on Dorian: “I am changed, and the mere touch of Sybil Vane’s hand makes me forget you and all your wrong, fascinating, poisonous, delightful theories.”

Development (Growth & change)

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  • At the end he appears 'wrinkled, and worn, and yellow'
  • Succeeds in making Dorian mimic his style and heartless sentiments.
  • Praises of Dorian's beauty suggests ****** longing, however his desire is rooted in power.

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