Talk:Book Allusions/@comment-80.224.168.138-20140214181724/@comment-88.150.174.130-20140417202917

yes i think so too! when spencer dreamed this scene i thought this must be something important and  ali said in season one this: "it's immortality, my darlings"

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the book "The picture of Dorian Gray" by oscar wilde

The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new  hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses. Realizing that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian (whimsically) expresses a desire to sell his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has painted would age rather than he. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, and when he subsequently pursues a life of debauchery, the portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his  soul, with each  sin displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through a sign of aging.