Task: Answer the following questions and complete the internet research.

Lord Henry Wotton: How is he a manipulator and an initiator?

He manipulates via smooth talking and persuasive points. I guess you can say he is a mind ninja. He sits around a person’s thoughts and then strikes out of nowhere when the time is right. He is an initiator because he tries to change a person’s view on a personal and touchy topic.

What kind of cigarettes does he smoke? Is this a hint of a decadent lifestyle?

He smokes cigarettes laced with opium. Smoking cigarettes that make him reach a higher high then he already is at obviously supports the fact that he likes the more beautiful side of life.

How is he cynical?

He is cynical because he feels as though beauty is the only valuable desirable virtue you may posses. Once you lose your beauty, then you lose yourself and your importance.

Basil Hallward: Cite his reaction to his painting of Dorian Gray?

He didn’t want anyone to know about it as he put to much of himself into it. He does not want people to study it for he is afraid his painting would reveal a secret of himself.

I have put into it all the extraordinary romance of which, of course, I have never dared to speak to him. He knows nothing about it. He will never know anything about it. But the world might guess it; and I will not bare my soul to their shallow, prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope. There is too much of myself in the thing, Harry,—too much of myself!

How has he violated the code of an artist according to Wilde’s preface?

Art is supposed to conceal the artist, but Basil’s painting put all of himself into the painting.

He obviously sees in Dorian absolute beauty and harmony. Identify where in the passages.

It is later in the first chapter. The first time that Basil had saw Dorian was at a party. At first glance, Basil grew “interested in his personality.” Afterwards, when Lord Henry started to ask Basil questions about Dorian, we start to really see the qualities of Dorian threw Basil.

What is the main conflict in this paragraph?

While they both agree that this is Basil’s best work yet, Basil does not want to publish his work while Lord Henry deems it necessary for him to do so.

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Research and Correlate the allusions with traits and circumstances surrounding Dorian Gray: get an image of each and write your own synopsis.

Term	An Image Representing the term	A description of the term	Traits and circumstances surrounding Dorian Gray
Allusion		An allusion is where something indirectly references something else in relation to the first item. For my photo, I chose a gas mask. For those who know about the new technology implemented in World War I, poison gas was a deadly way of killing a troop. To prevent this, soldiers were required to keep their gas masks handy. So by showing a photo of the gas mask, I created an allusion to World War I.	Dorian Gray is constantly being alluded to Greek gods. For example, he has been compared to Adonis in sense of beauty. I mean, he was even directly linked with a Greek's grace in Chapter 2.
Adonis		He is a central cult figure in various mystery religions, who enters Greek mythology in Hellenistic times.	Dorian Gray is compaired to Adonis' beauty
Aphrodite		Aphrodite is the classical Greek goddess of love, beauty. Aphrodite is also known as Kypris and Cytherea, after the two places, Cyprus and Cythera, which claimed her birth.	Dorian Gray is constantly being alluded to Greek gods. For example, he has been compared to Adonis in sense of beauty. Maybe he is being compared to her beauty as well?
Narcissus		In Greek mythology, Narcissus, The Self-Admirer, was a hero of the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty. The story goes that he rejected the nymph Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool. He pined away and was changed into the flower that bears his name.	By this time in the book, we comprehend that Dorian is beautiful, just like the greek gods. However, because of Lord Henry in Chapter 2, Dorian starts to admire and recognize his beauty much more than he used to before.