After Lord Henry leaves, Dorian examines his portrait hoping to see it changed for the better. He is disappointed to find it unchanged and, determined to destroy his past along with his portrait, stabs the painting with the same knife he used to kill Basil (Mustafa). In Dorian's attempt to destroy his portrait, he in turn was found as a stabbed, grotesque and wrinkled old body. The portrait depicted a perfect young man. Oscar Wilde says that "the human being who serves only himself, as a perfect work of art can, may end up murdered with horror like Basil, suicidal like Dorian stabbing his conscience, or like the apparently self-sufficient Lord Henry ( Boyle 162)." The Picture of Dorian Gray portrays the consequences of selfishness. Dorian Gray learns the hard way that living in hedonism can corrupt the soul. Unfortunately, Dorian realizes this too late. Dorian falls into depravity and focuses on materialistic things. It's only when he kills a close friend that he realizes his darkness. Even when he tries to correct his corruption he has no choice but to die to pay the price for his behavior