Dorian Gray is so many opposites at once that we can't really try to understand them all. He's good, he's bad; he's beautiful, he's hideous; he's perfect, he's terribly flawed. Most importantly, he...

Bored Lord HenryWow—with friends like Lord Henry, who needs enemies? This hedonistic, selfish aristocrat has the whole world at his fingertips, and, rather than doing something good for humanity,...

Sweet BasilIf Lord Henry is the Devil's advocate, then Basil Hallward is God's. He's an eternal idealist who truly believes in the innate goodness of mankind. What he doesn't realize is that he's a...

Sibyl Vane is too good for her own… good. She's sublimely beautiful, amazingly talented, and totally innocent—which makes her a magnet for Dorian:"I love Sibyl Vane. I want to place her on a pe...