I felt that Basil and Lord Henry represented good and evil in a general way, as well as more specifically as the conflicting desire for good and temptation for evil within everyone. Sort of like the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. This relationship is shown at the end of Chapter 2...

Found this wonderful site when searching the web for a book forum when I started reading in English. Most of my reading until now was done in Hebrew- my native tongue. After a few visits to the local library I realized that I will not be able to resist the world of English writings. Unfortunately, ...

Unfortunately, I haven't finished the book yet, but I would like to contribute as far as can. I believe the story, among other things, deals with losing ones innocence. Dorian was living in a sheltered world, a world created by Basil Hallway, in which he is not conflicted by anything, he is not touc...