A poor, beautiful, talented
actress - Dorian falls in love.
Sibyl’s love for Dorian
compromises her ability to act,
as her experience of true love in
life makes her realize the
falseness of affecting emotions
onstage.
"Love is more than
money" - doesn't care
about possessions -
good morals
"shy and so gentle" -
fragile like a flower -
similar to Dorian in the
beginning
"flowerlike face"
- pure and
innocent
"a pretty face"
James Vane
A sailor - dislikes the fact that his mum is trying to
marry Sibyl to DG - doesn't want Sibyl to act
Always seeking for the
truth about his father
Instinctive loathing for Dorian
He has strong morals
and feels he has to
wrong to the person
that has wronged him
Mrs Vane
She encourages the
marriage of DG and sibyl
because of his wealth -
this clouds her judgement -
leaves Sibyl vulnerable
Faded actress
"a faded,
tired-looking
woman"
melodramatic - inability to shed the theatrics
Victoria Wotton
LH's wife - marriage is a process of
continual deception
LH neglects her however she understands him
better than he thinks
she finds interests in other men
Lady Narborough
Not beautiful - life is spent making the best of a dull
marriage
faithful
highly educated and her intelligence allows her to play her sociall role well
Flirts elegantly - only a game
The Duchess of Monmouth
enthralled by DG and profoundly bored by her husband
"very clever" - politically aware
she pursues Dorian - too predatory for her own good
Alan Campbell
Male equivalent of Sibyl vane - talented - destroyed in the end
Musical interests - homosexual relationship?
DG uses him - science knowledge -
blackmails him to clear up Basil's body
"Campbell felt dominated by him" - strong feeling
- same effect on everyone
Adrian Singleton
Represents a whole group
of young men who are
disgraced when they fall
under DG's influence.
Opium becomes a substitute for the
world he has lost
This is the person DG would have been if his
youth and beauty had not been protected