Set in late 19th-century England, Oscar Wilde's novel *The Picture of Dorian Gray* tells the story of Dorian Gray, a young man whose obsession with beauty and desire for eternal youth leads him down a path of moral decay. Influenced by the hedonistic ideals of Lord Henry Wotton and the unconditional love of artist Basil Hallward, Dorian wishes that his portrait would age instead of him, allowing him to indulge in a life of excess without facing the consequences of his actions. As he explores this hedonistic lifestyle, marked by shallow pleasures and tragic events—such as the death of his beloved Sibyl Vane—Dorian's internal corruption is reflected in his grotesquely aging portrait. This dark narrative reveals the destructive impact of prioritizing aesthetics over ethics, culminating in Dorian's desperate attempt to destroy the portrait that embodies his sins, leading to his tragic demise. Through Dorian's self-destructive journey, Wilde critiques societal values, highlighting the perils of living without accountability and the superficiality of a purely aesthetic existence.