Poppy is poisonous in people’s common sense, and the image just appear only once after the death of Basil Hallward when Gray is totally influenced by the opinions of Lord Henry。 In a word, there is no doubt that despair is certainly expressed in this image。

Chapter Two Exposing Darkness through Death Images of Characters

Darkness is impressive because we feel depressive when reading about the novel in that the time is usually in the night。 The three factors: language, action and portrait have directly disclosed the atmosphere of darkness of the whole novel。 Besides, the three aspects are the metaphor of the darkness。