12/3/08 - Chapters 8 and 9 of The Picture of Dorian Gray

By Stanley Switalski
Aim: Which of the five stages of grief does Dorian experience after Sibyl's death?
Do Now: Complete the following statement as a journal entry--After death, or After the death of, I felt after...
After the death of my uncle, I felt normal. I had no sign of grief, nor was I sad or depressed. I has been very indifferent about death. “God will take you when he wants to, and there is nothing you can do about that.”

What happens the morning after Dorian's rejection of Sibyl?
Dorian takes a look at his painting and finally comes to realize how rude he was to Sibyl. He actually takes time out to write an apology letter so that if, Sibyl were not to talk to him, at least she could read the letter at one point in time. After he finished writing the letter, Lord Henry had informed Dorian that Sibyl died.

How does he learn about Sibyl's death?
Lord Henry came to inform him about Sibyl’s Death.

How did Sibyl die?
She actually killed herself, or so it appears. She had left the theater with peers, and then stated that she forgot something. Therefore, Sibyl had gone back into the theater to get something. After not coming back out for a while, they started to question where she was. They discovered her dead in the dressing room. The killer part about this was that this was on the same night that Dorian “broke up” with Sibyl.
 

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