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Basil Hallward
A young actress, from a poor family, who performs Shakespeare’s heroines every evening at a low class theater. Dorian falls in love with her performances, but she finds performance paltry in comparison to true love and her acting suffers after her engagement to Dorian. Dorian, in turn, is uninterested in her after she no longer has her art. He leaves her heartbroken and Sybil, a Juliet-like martyr for love, commits suicide. She is a symbolic character, pure in her love and embodying an artistic ideal.
Sybil Vane Quotes in The Picture of Dorian Gray
The The Picture of Dorian Gray quotes below are all either spoken by Sybil Vane or refer to Sybil Vane. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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“I have seen her in every age and every costume. Ordinary women never appeal to one’s imagination. They are limited to their century.”
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Chapter 6
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“I am changed, and the mere touch of Sybil Vane’s hand makes me forget you and all your wrong, fascinating, poisonous, delightful theories.”
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Chapter 7
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“The painted scenes were my world. I knew nothing but shadows and thought them real.”
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“So I have murdered Sybil Vane,” said Dorian Gray, half to himself, “murdered her as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife. Yet the roses are not less lovely for that.”
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“The girl never really lived and so she never really died.”
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Sybil Vane Quotes in The Picture of Dorian Gray
The The Picture of Dorian Gray quotes below are all either spoken by Sybil Vane or refer to Sybil Vane. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 4
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“I have seen her in every age and every costume. Ordinary women never appeal to one’s imagination. They are limited to their century.”
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Chapter 6
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“I am changed, and the mere touch of Sybil Vane’s hand makes me forget you and all your wrong, fascinating, poisonous, delightful theories.”
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Chapter 7
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“The painted scenes were my world. I knew nothing but shadows and thought them real.”
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“So I have murdered Sybil Vane,” said Dorian Gray, half to himself, “murdered her as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife. Yet the roses are not less lovely for that.”
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“The girl never really lived and so she never really died.”
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