Dorian Gray Chpt 7

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“You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art” (91).

These words coming out of Dorian Gray’s mouth is very peculiar. All that the quote above is showing is how Dorian loved Sibyl for her talents, and not for who she was as a being. Dorian’s view of love differs from mine. My attraction towards others is not dependent on how well they do things, but on how caring they are towards my goals and me. Dorian is in love for all the wrong reasons with all the wrong expectations.

“if this girl can give a soul to those who have lived without one, if she can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly, if she can strip them of their selfishness and lend them tears for sorrows that are not their own, she is worthy of all your adoration, worthy of the adoration of the world” (86).

When describing Sibyl to Basil and Harry, Dorian put Sibyl up on a pedestal. Dorian basically guaranteed that Sibyl will win over their hearts, and as seen in the rest of Chapter 7, Sibyl did not meet anyone’s expectations. Is this why Dorian is giving up on his love with Sibyl? Is it because he promised Basil and Harry to become infatuated with her presence alone? Maybe Dorian is giving up on Sibyl because after taunting his love and affection for Sibyl to Harry, she disappointed him, making Dorian going against all of Harry’s theories for no reason.

Discordant
–adjective
1. being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
2. disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
3. Geology. (of strata) structurally unconformable.

“Some women were laughing in the pit; their voices were horribly shrill and discordant” (85).

Disdain
–verb (used with object)
1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
2. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult.


“Dorian Gray, with his beautiful eyes, looked down at her, and his chiseled lips curled in exquisite disdain” (92).