Which Chapter Does Dorian Kill Basil?

Which Chapter Does Dorian Kill Basil?

Summary: Chapter Twenty
Furious, he seizes a knife—the same weapon with which he killed Basil—and drives it into the portrait in an attempt to destroy it. From below, Dorian's servants hear a cry and a clatter. Breaking into the room, they see the portrait, unharmed, showing Dorian Gray as a beautiful young man.

What page does Dorian kill Basil?

Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen take a decided turn for the macabre: the murder of Basil and the gruesome way it is reflected in the portrait—“as though the canvas had sweated blood”—root the novel firmly in the Gothic tradition, where darkness and supernatural horrors reign.

When did Dorian kill Basil?

Dorian Gray kills Basil after the artist has viewed the portrait he once painted and sees in it the depravity of soul which has overtaken the once beautiful and untainted young man. In this Faustian tale, Dorian Gray is a young man whose perfection of features captivates the painter, Basil...

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