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At first glance, Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," might appear like another plain Faustian Tale where the main character falls into the devil's words.After all, when we first encounter Lord Henry and his beautiful words, we get the feeling that he's the one who corrupted Dorian. He was the one who awakened Dorian to his own beauty, and lured him to use his beauty for his own pleasure. However, as we continue to explore the book, we realize that there is no devil that makes his deal. The deal of youth just exists inside Dorian's portrait, which is supposedly a symbol for Dorian's desire for beauty, but later shows his most devilsh part. Therefore, it is perhaps more accurate to assume that, compared to the Bible, Lord Henry is merely a snake who lured Dorian into biting into an apple, and the true devil doesn't appear as a moving character like other Faustian tales, but more so a background image that's always there: the portrait. Realizing his beauty and using it for his benefit is surely a mishap; but the true devilish character was the boiling desire for beauty inside him, which is the ultimate reason for his madness that results in his suicide. In this sense, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is different from other Faustian Tales because it shows that the true nature of the Devil is not the character outside, but has always existed inside oneself as insatiable desires.