ove, if you say it mars your art! Without your art you are nothing” (97). Anything without Art is plain to Dorian. Dorian’s philosophy of Romance is consist of infinite imaginations, beauty, personality, and attraction of curiosity, --which is Art. Dorian have found so much imaginations to Sibyl as she acted in Shakespare’s play, but how come he could not or would not think or indulge himself one second to imagination of his love story? Is it because as Basil Hallward, a great artist that have painted a portrait of Dorian Gray, said, “An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them” (19). Dorian Gray founded Sibyl as a beautiful creature, but he put nothing of his own life into her. The one who Sibyl fell in love to, is “Prince Charming.” It is only the life of Sibyl that is heard of from their “love affair”. Dorian never really participated, he was only a spectator. After Sybil lives in the real world, Prince Charming is killed in the world of imagination. “Art for art’s sake,” after Art is vanished, the relationship is over. ...
