Lord Henry who is "not at all surprised that the world says that he is a extremely wicked man," (248) plays an important role in destroying the one essence of Dorian's being that will remain after death. He not only plants nefarious ideas into Dorian's head but he also gives him a copy of a most sinful book. It is because of these that Dorian's soul becomes perverse. Back in the Victorian period, when the book was written, it was considered immoral and unscrupulous to be a homosexual. Homosexuality is also considered to be sinful in the ....