Characters
Who was the beautiful actress performing Romeo and Juliet at the theater?
Who is Sibyl Vane?
Dorian vows to give this away if he can stay young and the portrait grow old.
What is his soul?
Why doesn't Basil want Lord Henry to meet Dorian?
What is he feels like Lord Henry would be a bad influence on Dorian?
Who said: "You poisoned me with a book once."
Who is Dorian Gray?
The moon hung low in the sky like a yellow skull.
What is a simile?
Who was the revengeful brother of Sybil?
Who is James Vane?
Basil Hallward does not plan to display his portrait of Dorian Gray because of this reason.
What is he has put too much of himself in it?
How does Dorian convince Alan Campbell to agree to help Dorian dispose of Basil's body?
What is blackmail?
Who said: "The only way to get rid of tempatation is to yield to it."
Who is Lord Henry?
Time being dead, dragged a hideous future from its grave.
What is personification?
Who was the cynical, manipulative man that sparked Dorian's interest in his own beauty?
Who is Lord Henry?
After Dorian breaks up with Sybil Vane, what about his portrait changes?
What is a slight change of cruelty in his lips?
When James Vane finally finds Dorian, why doesn't he kill him?
What is Dorian shows him his youthful face?
Who is Dorian speaking to when he says: "I loved you because your were marvellous, because you have genius and intellect... You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid."
Who is Sybil Vane?
Sybil Vane's performance of Romeo and Juliet.
What is an allusion?
Who was the man that disposed of Basil's body?
Who is Alan Campbell?
After Dorian kills Basil, he goes to look at the portrait. What change has occured in the image?
What is a loathsome red dew on one of the hands of the portrait?
What color is the book that Lord Henry sends to Dorian?
What is yellow?
Who says, "You were the most unspoilded creature in the whole world."?
Who is Basil Hallward?
The sky is an inverted cup of blue metal.
What is a metaphor?
Who was the man that Dorian sees in the opium den just before his encounter with Sybil's brother?
Who is Adrian Singleton?
Dorian's final action results from what change in the portrait?
What is Dorian sees no change for good in the portrait?
In the final scene of the novel, this occurs.
What is Dorian stabs his own portrait, killing himself.
What is the irony in this statement: "I would like to know someone who has committed a real murder."?
What is Lord Henry is speaking to Dorian, who has in fact been responsible for multiple murders.
"what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul"
What is an allusion?