The Picture of Dorian Gray Questions and Answers
Why does Dorian Gray kill Basil in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Analyze and describe the character of Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray and explain his influence and impact on Dorian.
What is Wilde's writing style in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
What is the relationship between Basil and Dorian from the beginning to the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray?
What are the internal and external conflicts in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
What happened to Dorian’s mother and father in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Compare and contrast the characters of Lord Henry and Basil, and their relationship to Dorian Gray.
How do Lord Henry’s comments on marriage support the novel’s motif of leading a double life?
Is Lord Henry’s belief in the freedom of the individual truly evil? Or does Dorian misconstrue it? Does Lord Henry actually practice the ideas he espouses? Does he understand the real life consequences his ideas would have, or does he exhibit a sort of naïveté?
In Chapter 4, Lord Henry expresses his opinion of women. What comment does he make that unintentionally says something about Dorian's masculinity?
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, were the changes in the portrait real or were they a figment of Dorian's imagination?
Why didn't Basil Hallward want to exhibit the portrait?
Comment on the significance of Hetty Merton in The Picture of Dorian Gray.
What are the gothic elements in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, the inability to distinguish between art and reality has tragic consequences. Discuss the validity of this statement.
Is Dorian Gray an antihero?
How does the portrait influence Dorian's sense of his own beauty in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
What advice does Lord Henry give to Dorian?
How does Dorian Gray change throughout the novel? Provide quotes to support your answer.
What is the overall theme in the story The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Why does Sibyl stop acting and what is Dorian’s reaction in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde?
How is Lord Henry Wotton seen as a hypocritical character, and how is he seen as a catalyst in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Explain why Lord Henry is eager to be introduced to Dorian Gray.
How does the yellow book influence Dorian?
Who is Mr. Isaacs in "The Picture of Dorian Gray"? How does Dorian describe him?
Discuss Oscar Wilde's narrative technique in The Picture of Dorian Gray.
In Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, what does Basil mean when he says, "I have put too much of myself in the thing"?
What does The Picture of Dorian Gray reveal about racial and class prejudices in Wilde’s era?
Is the narrator reliable in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
How does the yellow book affect Dorian Gray?
I need help discussing paradox in The Picture of Dorian Gray, as it is most often used in the words of Lord Henry Wotton.
What is Mrs. Vane’s secret?
Many works of literature feature characters who have been given a literal or figurative gift. The gift may be an object, or it may be a quality such as uncommon beauty, significant social position, great mental or imaginative faculties, or extraordinary physical powers. Yet this gift is often also a burden or a disadvantage. What is Dorian Gray's gift that is both an advantage and a problem in The Picture of Dorian Gray? Through the complex nature of the gift, what message does Wilde convey?
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian has been "poisoned" by the yellow book. How?
Discuss the character of Basil Hallward, and how it symbolizes both art and morality. How is Basil Hallward both an artistic figure and a moral figure in the novel?
Analyse the language style in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
What does Lord Henry say is the "one thing worth having"? (p.24)
Who is at fault for the tragedy of Dorian Gray?
In The Picture of Dorian Gray what are Sibyl's mother's and brother's attitude toward Dorian?
In a letter, Oscar Wilde said the main characters in the novel are reflections of himself: "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me" Doran Gray what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps." How can you understand Oscar Wilde's view through these words?
What are the changes that occur in the portrait over time in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
In what way does Oscar Wilde's use of the term "sins" in The Picture of Dorian Gray condemn a society that is rigid and heterosexist?
What is the tone in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray?
What is the author's purpose for writing "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?
Explain how Dorian Gray arranges for the disposal of Basil Hallward's corpse in The Picture of Dorian Gray.
How does Lord Henry characterize beauty in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Why is Dorian Gray considered a "dandy" in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray?
What is the relationship between Dorian Gray and his picture throughout his youth?
What prediction does Basil Hallward make about the three of them?
What are some literary devices used in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
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