The Picture of Dorian Gray

Dorian decided to go to bed and went slowly towards his bedroom. He walked along the hall and through the library. Basils portrait of Dorian was on a wall in the library. Suddenly Dorian stopped and looked at the portrait. He was surprised. The painting looked different. The face in the painting had changed. Yes, it had changed! Quickly, Dorian opened the curtains. Sunlight came into the room. Dorian looked closely at the picture and saw that the face was different. It looked unkind and cruel. A huge mirror hung on another wall. Dorian looked in the mirror at his own face. He saw a beautiful young man. He has not changed. What was happening to the picture? Suddenly Dorian remembered the day that Basil finished the picture. Dorian remembered his wish. He remembered his own words. 'I wish that I could always be young. I wish that picture could grow old instead of me. I would give anything and everything for this to happen. I would give my soul!' Why did the face in the picture look cruel and unkind? Was his wish coming true? Was the picture changing?