Consider that Dorian was addicted to staying young and beautiful. The harder he worked to keep his beauty, the uglier he became. We see his true nature reflected in the portrait while Dorian the man stays beautiful on the outside. Often, obsessions and addictions can make a persons soul ugly. They might retain their beauty on the outside, but addiction is never pretty.
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