Can a painting of a person tell you more about him than
the person's own face? If it is painted with love, perhaps
the painting will show more than just the outside of that
person — perhaps ir will show the inside.
We often say that a face is like an open book: 'the face
tells its own story,' we say. When Dorian Gray sees the
painting of his own face, he falls in love with his own
beauty. Nothing must touch his beauty, nothing must
hurt or change it — not love, not even time. And so he
cuts the link between his face and his heart, between his
outside and his inside. His face does not change; it stays
young and beautiful. But the picture - painted with love
- tells the true story. It shows the real Dorian Gray, who
is growing old and ugly and full of hate.