Characters
The painter of the portrait of Dorian Gray
Who is Basil Hallward?
The year Oscar Wilde died
When is 1900?
One of the themes of the novel
What is "Mortality of Beauty and Youth". "Surfaces, Objects and Appearances", "Art and the Imitation of Life", or "Influence"?
The style of Oscar Wilde's novel
What is the purpose of aestheticism?
Basil's ____ is revealed too much in the painting
What is feeling?
Didn't age until the end of the book
Who is Dorian Gray?
The age Oscar Wilde was when he died
What is 46?
Characters' fates and identities are decided by ___
What is their appearance?
The kind of language used to effect aestheticism
What is flowery/descriptive language?
The reason Dorian is able to stay forever young
What is pledged his soul so the painting could age instead?
The actress that Dorian fell in love with
Who is Sibyl Vane?
The reason for Oscar Wilde's imprisonment
What is sodomy with another man?
Dangerous when taken too seriously or believed too deeply
What is art?
The use of ____ helps make Wilde's language vivid and humorous
What is epigrams?
The reason why Sibyl committed suicide and why it happened
What is Dorian broke off his engagement with her and because of her bad acting?
The vengeful brother that tried to kill Dorian
Who is James Vane?
One of the literary movements he was involved with
What is Aesthetic Movement or Decadent Movement?
"All art _ ___ ____"
What is "is quite useless"?
The choice of ____ reflects Wilde’s appreciation of a beauty, thus to reveal his sincere pursuit of beauty in life
What is diction?
The killer of Basil, and in this manner
Who is Dorian Gray and with a knife in a gruesome manner?
The doctor that got rid of Basil's body
Who is Alan Campbell?
The subject Oscar Wilde was great at
What is Classics?
"In this way that novel suggests that while mortality will always ___ beauty and youth..."
What is destroy?
"___ are typical of Wilde's language, which help him expose the inner world of the characters, and reveal his own aesthetic pursuit of beauty as well"
What is paradoxes?
Killed by the hunting party
Who is James Vane?