Research and Correlate the Allusions with Dorian Gray:

Philistine (In respect to Basil)	By definition of webster, a philistine can be a person who is un-informed in a special area of knowledge. This definitely applies to Basil as he is only intelligent, and only cares, about his art. He could care less about anything else, say for instance where he is going to be getting his next paycheck.
Philistine (In respect to Dorian)	Dorian might be a philistine when it comes to love and relationships. He “fell in love” with a woman who is an actor and, after three weeks, is already engaged. This, to me, is a perfect example of a philistine.
Giordano Bruno	Giordano Bruno, according to wikipedia, “was an Italian philosopher best-known as an early proponent of heliocentrism, the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, and the infinity of the universe.” Giordano Bruno was brought up in the narrator’s comparison of soul and body. “Was the soul a shadow seated in the house of sin? Or was the body really in the soul, as Giordano Bruno thought?” This statement is a parallel statement to the argument back in the day that Earth was the center of the universe. Bruno was thought of as crazy for believing that the Sun was the center of the universe. This relation is made because Lord Henry is starting to question why Dorian would have made such a rash decision to fall in love. Although completely normal, Lord Henry sees Sibyl as someone invading his “property.”

Literary Elements: Metaphor-people like Dorian: willful sunbeams of life.

“The lad was premature.”
“He was gathering his harvest while it was yet spring.”
“He was like one of those gracious figures in a pageant or a play, whose joys seem to be remote from one, but whose sorrows stir one’s sense of beauty, and whose wounds are like red roses.”

Personification: Soul, Desire

“Out of its secret hiding-place had crept his soul, and desire had come to meet it on the way.”

Vocabulary for chapter 4:

Aphorisms – (Noun) A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Munificent – (Adj) (of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary.

Consummate – (Verb) Make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse.

Crucible – (Noun) A ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures.

Turbid – (Adj) (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter.

Animalism – (Noun) Behavior that is characteristic of or appropriate to animals, particularly in being physical and instinctive.