Who Kills Sybil Vane

Dorian admits that he murdered Sibyl, “murdered her as surely as if I had cut her little throat,” but he continues to say, in a detached manner, that the whole affair seems too “wonderful for tears.” Instead of feeling remorse over Sibyl’s death, Dorian muses that his first love letter was written to a dead girl.

What happens to Sybil Vane in Dorian Gray?

Lord Henry attempts to comfort Dorian after bringing news of Sibyl Vane’s death. … She died just as she was beginning to have a life she truly wanted, but the first rejection she experienced was too much for her to bear.

Is Sybil Vane poor?

Sibyl Vane A poor, beautiful, and talented actress with whom Dorian falls in love. Sibyl’s love for Dorian compromises her ability to act, as her experience of true love in life makes her realize the falseness of affecting emotions onstage.