Chapter 19
Explain: Dorian resolves to change his ways and become good.
He wants to turn his life around and he takes steps to become a more virtuous person.
Discuss Dorian's resolution and analyze his self-righteousness. Can Dorian be reformed. He can be reformedbut then he would have to change his veiws on life and become at peace with his own mortality.
Why would San Francisco be a "delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world?" You will have to do some research on San Francisco during that time or what is said about this city and make the connections.
What is Lord Henry's view on his own marriage? What happened to him and what is his reaction?
How is Lord Henry FINALLY wrong about Dorian?
He says the murder is to vulgar for Dorian to commit.
Do you agree or disagree with Lord Henry "anything becomes a pleasure if one does it too often."
What lie does Dorian tell about the portrait?
Explain the lines pertaining to Hamlet "like the painting of a sorrow, a face without a heart."
Analyze Lord Henry's reference to, "What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and loses his own soul?" What is Dorian's response to this statement?
Dorian becomes nervous and cuts Lord Henry off by saying that everyone has a soul.
Why is it important for Dorian to believe that a soul exists in everyone?
It gives him a reason to live and continue on with his life.
How is the preface echoed in the last few paragraphs in this chapter?
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