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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY The Picture of Dorian Gray was a movie that went through the life of a young man. A young man who deceived the world around him through words, actions and lies. A world that ended his life. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who had a precise definition for the term tragedy. He believed the ideal protagonist in a tragedy contained three distinct characteristics. Dorian Gray (the protagonist) was of some significance, had a character flaw, and his own character flaw inevitably resulted in his demise. Dorian Gray was a young man of his twenties. He was well respected by the older gentlemen of the town and was well known by the ladies. He bore a special significance through out the story in that many people knew the face of this intriguing gentleman but not the name. He was whispered about through the town as practicing something un