The Picture of Dorian Gray: chapter 19

Florizel: prince of Bohemia and son to Polixenes in Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale. Nearly as flawless as his love, Perdita, Florizel is one of few examples of male constancy and decency in the play.

1. What has Dorian decided (again)?

2. What does “I spared somebody” (p. 240, my italics) imply?

3. Who is Hetty and what happened between her and Dorian?

4. Why did Dorian choose Hetty?

5. Who is Ophelia (p. 241)?

6. What makes the reader suspicious of the depth of Dorian’s resolution (p. 242)?

7. What piece of information carried by Lord Henry (p. 242) shows Dorian is safe from being suspected of Basil’s murder?

8. What happened to Alan Campbell? In your opinion, why?

9.What quotations show that Lord Henry is an Epicurean (p. 243 & 248)?

10. What sentence sums up Lord Henry’s philosophy (p. 244)?

11. What do you think of the quotation from Hamlet Dorian applies to his portrait (p. 245)?

12. What sentence sums up Dorian’s story (p. 246)?

The Picture of Dorian Gray: chapter 20

13. What symbolical action does Dorian perform (p. 252)?

14. What does Dorian hope (p. 253)?

15. Do you share this hope?

16. What would Dorian have to do in order to change the situation (p. 254)?

17. What happens at the end (p. 255-6)?

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