What does Dorian Gray do to blackmail Alan Campbell in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

Answer 1

Alan Campbell was an old friend of Dorian Grays'. when Dorian Gray became corrupt Alan Campbell didn't want to be associated with him or involved in any of his doings. when Dorian Gray kills Basil Hallward (the artist who painted his picture) he needs Alan CAmpbel to destroy the body because he is a scientist and works with bodies. Alan Campbell didn't want to but dorian gray blackmailed him into destroying the body and Alan Campbell suicides afterwards

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Answer 2

After killing artist Basil Hallward, Dorian Gray calls upon his former friend Alan Campbell to help him dispose of the body. Campbell at first refuses to do so, although Dorian first pretends that Hallward committed suicide and only later admits to the murder. Campbell continues to refuse until Dorian writes something on a piece of paper and shows it to him. The assumption is that Dorian is privy to some secret in Campbell's past. The two most likely possibilities seem to be (1) a homosexual encounter, or (2) drug use. The first is supported by Wilde's own homosexual proclivities, while the second seems to be indicated by Dorian's own later movements in a London opium den.

Answer 3

Dorian Gray threatens to expose their past romantic relationship and the science experiments they conducted together if Alan Campbell refuses to help him dispose of Basil Hallward's body. This blackmail ultimately leads to Alan's tragic demise.