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Dorian murders Basil Hallward from "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Overcome with loathing and a mad passion, Dorian Gray seizes a knife and stabs Basil Hallward to death.

immediately after showing the portrait, in the locked room

Dorian murders Basil Hallward

Overcome with loathing and a mad passion, Dorian Gray seizes a knife and stabs Basil Hallward to death. He kills the man he once loved, the painter of the portrait that has become his curse. After the murder, Dorian feels strangely calm and begins to plan how to dispose of the body.