Of course, I must talk about Dorian and Sybil's relationship. However, neither side of the relationship was true love. He was only a fan, not a lover, and she, that poor girl, was caught up in a web of lust and innocent ignorance. They both were, really.
This relationship not only develops the character of Dorian Gray, but the plot as a whole. I believe this is included to show the significance of Lord Henry's effects on Dorian. He is changing him completely, into someone he never would have been before. He seems heartless after Sybil's death, hardly caring, when just a matter of days before, he worshipped the ground she walked on. It's rather annoying, actually, the way the two ended up.
I can't stand them! They are both ignorant. They know nothing of love. And I hate the person Dorain becomes after she dies, or kills herself (By the way that is stupid too, what kind of woman kills herself for a man?!). Actually Dorain doesn't become this person, as you state, Henry molds him into this person. Its quite entertaining actually to see how Dorain is Henry's little puppet. It reminds me of teenagers letting friends and other peers control their whole life.
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