The Picture Of Dorian Gray 7

"there is nothing fearful about it. It is one of the great romantic tragedies of the age [...] How different Sibyl was! She lived her finest tragedy. She was a heroine" (113)

To me, it seems like Dorian is trying to convince himself that Sibyl's death is not a bad thing and that it is not his fault because when he first found of her death he was devastated, but Lord Henry was there to grace him with his conniving influences. Dorian, being so influences or in more modern terms 'whipped' by Lord Henry, Dorian automatically changed from being devastated to saying it is in the past, what's done is done, and that it is not a fearful thing about it at all.

"he unlocked the door that opened into the room that was to keep for him the curious secret of his life and hide his soul from eyes of men" (125)

Dorian thinks that just by putting his picture away where no one will see it, his secret will be hidden from everyone forever. He thinks that it will not affect him anymore, his soul will not be altered. But, it is not the picture that alters his soul and makes his face change, it is himself, his actions. He chose to act cruel to Sibyl, he chose not 'not care' about Sibyl's death, not the picture, but if he had not met Lord Henry, would he have acted this way? Is Lord Henry the real culprit, or is is just another visible, concrete version of Dorian's cruel soul?

panegyrics - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
"The painter's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences-he understood them all now, and he felt sorry" (120)
impecuniosity - having little or no money; penniless; poor.
"Mr. Hubbard was a florid, red-whiskered little man, whose admiration for art was a considerably tempered by the inveterate impecuniosity of most of the artists who dwelt with him" (123)