# Hetty Merton — The Picture of Dorian Gray character guide

> Hetty Merton in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hetty, Poor Hetty

**First appearance:** 0019-xviii

## Who they are

A young country girl whom Dorian briefly courts before abandoning.

## Relationships

### [Dorian Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_picture_of_dorian_gray_se/characters/dorian_gray)

_romantic_

Hetty is a country girl Dorian briefly courts and then abandons, a pattern of his predatory romantic behavior.

### [Dorian Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_picture_of_dorian_gray_se/characters/dorian_gray)

_romantic_

Hetty is a country girl Dorian briefly courts and then abandons, a pattern of his predatory romantic behavior.

## In the story

### [Chapter XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_picture_of_dorian_gray_se/chapters/xix)

Mentioned as the village girl Dorian spared, reminiscent of Sibyl Vane, and the subject of his first good action.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_picture_of_dorian_gray_se/chapters/xx)

Dorian thinks of Hetty Merton, the girl he spared, and wonders if his good deed was motivated by vanity.

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