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People think the eyes are the windows to the soul, but i think in Dorian Gray that in multiple instances, hands are the windows to the soul.

In the story, many of the character’s hands are mentioned and the descriptions of the hands are usually commentary about the character’s personality and morals.

Example: In the painting of himself, Dorian’s hands are covered in blood and the biggest indication that Dorian had sinned and murdered Basil. In this instance, his hands reveal the murderous side of his personality and his morality.

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Blowing and popping: The Life of a Bubble

Being self absorbed can have dire consequences and even worse implications on one's life. One of the more drastic consequences include being too self absorbed and therefore sacrificing one’s social life in order to worship oneself, effectively becoming a recluse.

The result of such an act creates a bubble, one that forms around the recluse and prevents him/ her to experience the other wonders of the world.

Often times, as seen in the case with Dorian, this is the result of one philosophy being heavily thrusted upon a youth, therefore chaining that youth to this particular mindset. With the constant influence of this philosophy, the youth has no choice but to go with it, therefore creating the bubble.

The solution to this is to tackle the problem early on in one's youth. Exposing the youth to more mindsets and philosophies will inevitable prevent the bubble from ever forming as the youth will develop thoughts of his/ her own.

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After Dorian is in unpleasant situations, the air is always described.

For example:

-After Dorian is returning from an argument with Sibyl.

-When Dorian goes out for the first time after seeing James Vayne

-When Dorian goes to the Covent Garden market at dawn.

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Being influenced and believing everything that someone tells you can be dangerous.

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In Dorian Gray, Wilde exposes the negative role society plays on beautiful people, as they have unrealistic expectations that one can simply not handle. Society continuously expects Dorians actions to reflect his appearance.

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Through Dorian's ultimate demise, he is proof that imitation leads to failure. Initially Dorian is this seemingly pure individual who is oblivious to the truly evil aspects of life but as the moment he comes in contact with Lord Henry, his perspective is forever altered. He begins to live his life to please Lord Henry, some times even unintentionally. Ultimately all of his actions are just influenced by Lord Henry's philosophy. His loss of his true identity and his incapability to stay true to who he really is are what ultimately leads to his fall from grace.

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An unnatural pursuit of youth and happiness is dangerous to the ultimate sanity of a human being. Dorian wishing for eternal youth results in his ultimate downfall, visible through the deterioration of his moral character (i.e. killing Basil, blandly falling in love with Hetty...). His status of eternal youth leads to an unquenchable desire for self satisfaction and consequently, self-denial. This corrupts him and ultimately converts him into a monster.

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Ultimately everyone will succumb to their inner desires suppressed by society. Be it by outside forces or themselves.

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Whenever a substance like opium or alcohol is present in a scene, Dorian is always in danger, whether it is revealing his true self, or in physical danger
Over drinks during the dinner party
Opium Den with Vane

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Imitation leads to failure. Although art is the purest form of imitation, attempting to become somebody else leads to personal downfall. In Dorian’s case, his attempt to become like Henry, causes him to become a skewed, and dark version of how he sees Henry, creating a monster. And Basil's attempt to copy Dorian creates the most beautiful thing he had ever seen and led to his demise.

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Dorian uses the portrait to mask his insecurities and suppress his past and present shortcomings and flaws.

Dorian is haunted by his past and tries to conceal it with the same tenacity and diligence as he does with portrait.

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You can always try to make amends for your sins but you can never fix the damage that has already been done. All Dorian wants to do is to fix the painting of its blemishes. He thinks that doing good deeds will help clear them and make him a better person. However, this is not true. Despite his best efforts to be good, the painting does not get any better. He can always be better in the future, but the damage he caused other people can never be reversed.

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Hedonism leads to many desires unfulfilled, for satisfying one desire leads to the expectation of every other one being satisfied.