In The Picture of Dorian Gray, there are many causes, gains, and losses of the conflict in this book. In my opinion, the main cause of the conflict in this book is Lord Henry's view on life and him poisoning Dorian's young mind with it instead of allowing Dorian to learn about life himself. For example, Harry talks about women and how they don't really want love, just to be controlled by men. I honestly believe that this view on life is the reason why Dorian rejected Sybil Vane when she performed badly.
I think that there were only a few gains from this conflict in this book. I think the main gain was Dorian regretting the wish that he made in Basil's art studio. He realized that he made a mistake and that he would never be normal like Basil or Henry. But I believe there were many losses for Dorian in the conflict of this book. One loss was him killing Basil. Basil was his friend, but Dorian despised the picture so much, he thought that killing Basil would fix things, but it didn't. In my opinion, another loss was him still looking young and innocent, and people seeing him as only that. When you are old, you want people to see who you truly are and age gracefully. Dorian Gray did not have that opportunity and lost so much because of it.
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. New York: Barnes and Noble Classics. 2003. Print.
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