Chapter 13
Dorian reveals the hideous portrait to Basil, then stabs him repeatedly behind the ear -- the novel's central act of evil.
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From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The climactic act of violence: Dorian shows Basil the corrupted portrait and then murders him, an irreversible step into damnation.
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