... should put nothing of his own life into them" (9). The purpose of Basil Hallward's existence is that he is an aesthete determined to become one with his art. In a way Basil uses his art to show how he feels about the person who is posing for him. Basil put all of his heart into the painting of Dorian and for this reason ... Dorian murders Basil when he discovers the secret behind the aging painting. It is the artist that is killed for his excessive love of physical beauty. The same piece of art that Dorian wished to merge with that is cause of the artist's demise. When Dorian received t...

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... tell a tale like he used to before the war. She states, "You used to tell- your- your simple and professional- tales very well at one time you had sort of art- in the days- the days before the war" (Conrad 2). This statement supplies the reader with evidence that the commanding officer is a changed man since the war and foreshadows that the ... innocent. In the boarding officers report he states, "the cargo of the ship was of a harmless and useful character. She was bound to an English port. Papers and everything in perfect order. Nothing suspicious to be detected" (Conrad 10). The only...

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