文档介绍：The Analysis of Dorian Gray9s. Degenerate
Process
(I ) the degenerate process
Dorian Gray is a handsome, good-looking boy, besides , he is a simple and innocent young man who is famous for his beauty .perhaps his best quality is that he often does philanthropy. He is earnest and has a beautiful nature, and he often show his sincere respect to everyone, he values his life by helping others, however , when he meets Lord Henry, Dorian begins to believe that his youth and his beautiful appearance are very important. So, when Basil has painted a picture for Dorian in his happy, then turns to upset, "how sad it is? I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. If it were I who was to be always young, I would give anything." From his words, we can see that Dorian has already changed. He begins to pay more attention to his surface than his inner thoughts.
What' s more, he is very interested in social relationship, and he attends a lot of party held by upper society people, and he wants to catch the attention of others during the party, so he dress himself seriously each time.
Besides, he is crazy about perfumes and buys a large quantity of jewels and learn how to use them to decorate something. , which waste waste lots of his money, He also collect some kinds of strange instruments, in his spare time, he sometimes goes to theatre to see t