Summary Chapters 6-10

Chapter 6
 
Later that day, Lord Henry and Basil are having dinner and awaiting Dorian€'s arrival. Lord Henry conveys to Basil the news of Dorian'€™s engagement with Sibyl. Basil expresses his concern that Dorian wants to marry so far beneath himself. Henry replies that he has no interest in Dorian marrying beneath himself and simply wishes to observe Dorian's experiences in doing so.
Dorian arrives and tells the tale of how he met Sibyl, fell in love with her and his engagement to her. Dorian speaks of Sibyl'€™s genius acting and claims that his love for her has shown him the falsehood of Lord Henry'€™s theories and philosophies about life. After dinner the trio make their way to the theater to see Sybil perform.
Chapter 7
The trio arrives at the theater and Dorian is ecstatic for his friends to see his love perform. The play begins and Sibyl's acting is atrocious. It is as though she his reading her lines, there is no emotion and her voice is monotone. Her acting only gets worse as the play goes on, Dorian is devastated and embarrassed that his friends are witnessing such terrible acting. During the intermission Lord Henry and Basil apologize to Dorian and leave because they are so bored, as do the majority of the spectators. Once the play ends Dorian goes backstage to see Sibyl. She expresses to him that after feeling true love she can no longer act about imaginary loves. Dorian is devastated by Sibyl's declaration and loses all feelings for her. Dorian tells Sibyl that he no longer wishes to see her and that their engagement is off. Sibyl enters a state of shock and begs him to forgive her but Dorian simply leaves.
When Dorian gets home he notices something odd about his portrait. He notices that the shape of his mouth has changed and that it looks crueler than before. Dorian is shocked and remembers the wish he made in Basil'€™s studio; he wished for the painting to age instead of him. Seeing this change in his portrait causes Dorian to feel ashamed of his behavior with Sibyl. He covers up the painting and goes to bed.
Chapter 8
Dorian wakes the next morning and re-examines his portrait confirming that his portraits face has become crueler. Soon thereafter, Lord Henry arrives at Dorian'€™s home to inform him that Sibyl killed herself last night. He convinces Dorian not to go to the police and tell them of his involvement with her. Lord Henry leaves and Dorian reflects on the incident, quickly getting over Sibyl's death. Later that night Dorian joins Lord Henry at the Opera.
Chapter 9

The following day Basil visits Dorian to offer his condolences and is shocked to find that Dorian is already over the matter. Basil blames Lord Henry for influencing this change in Dorian'€™s personality. Dorian who does not make much of Basil'€™s remark asks him to paint a portrait of Sibyl so that he may remember her appropriately. Basil accepts to do this for his friend and asks Dorian to see the portrait he painted of him. Dorian refuses and becomes extremely defensive knowing that Basil would notice the change. He threatens Basil that if he ever looks at the portrait they will longer be friends. Basil is shocked by Dorian'€™s response to his simple request but accepts since he values Dorian'€™s friendship above all else. Basil leaves Dorian'€™s home and Dorian comes to the decision that he must hide the portrait from prying eyes.
Chapter 10

Dorian calls on his servant to fetch two men from the local frame maker's workshop and bring them to him. Upon their arrival Dorian employs them to aid him in bringing the portrait to an unused school chamber on the top floor of his home. He decides that it is the best place to hide his portrait because he has the only key to the room. After locking the door he returns to his study and becomes entranced in a "€œpoisonous"€ book sent to him by Lord Henry. Later in the evening he goes to dinner with Lord Henry and claims the book to be fascinating.