There were opiates for remorse, drugs that could lull the moral sense to sleep.
Find his way through the sanguine labyrinth of passion.

They affect us just as vulgarity affects us.
When she knew its unreality, she died, as Juliet might have died.
Like the gods of the Greeks, he would be strong, and fleet, and joyous.
You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream.
You come down here to console me. That is charming of you. You find me consoled, and you are furious. How like a sympathetic person!
His hands were clenched, and the pupils of his eyes were like disks of blue fire.

They give us an impression of sheer brute force, and we revolt against that.
She was always a heroine.

The story of Actaeon and Artemis is unique. Artemis was born and had asked Zeus, her father, to allow her to keep virginity forever. This somehow was translated to the point where it was thought that Artemis hated men overall. Actaeon was a phenomenal hunter who, while hunting through the woods one day, saw Artemis bathing. Being a man, he had stopped and “stared at her ravishing beauty.” Because of her hate of men, Artemis punished Actaeon by forbidding him to speak. If he were to speak, Actaeon would be turned into a stag. Upon hearing a call from his hunting party, he shouted out to them and was immediately turned into a stag as promised. Being trained to do so, Actaeon’s hounds immediately tore him to shreds like they would have done to any other stag.
The correlation between Dorian’s relationship and this story is found after Sibyl’s terrible performance. Dorian had immediately went straight to Sibyl and stated how upset he was. Instead of seeing Sibyl’s beauty like Actaeon saw Artemis’ beauty, Dorian saw no beauty, and like Actaeon, would never want to see Sibyl again.

In a nutshell, this story is about a failed love. Echo, a talkative nymph, had seen Narcissus as he was chasing “frightened deer into his nets.” After “burning with a closer flame,” Echo finally reveals her presence to Narcissus and describes her love for him. However, Narcissus rejects Echo. Afterwards, Echo wastes away and now Narcissus finds love in himself. Instead of falling in love with someone else, he wastes away with love for only himself.
The correlation between Dorian’s relationship and this story is again found with the outcome of the relationship at the end of chapter 7. Even though Sibyl apologized many times and wished that Dorian would not leave her, much like Echo called out to Narcissus, Dorian completely ignored her, just like Narcissus. We find out later on that, like Echo wasted away, Sibyl had killed herself. The only difference is that Dorian feels absolutely terrible about what has just happened while Narcissus could care less about what happened to Echo.

The story of Adonis and Venus is simple. Venus loved Adonis and tried to “rouse him to sexual desire” one day. However, Adonis just ignored Venus’ love and stated that he was going to go boar hunting the next morning. Although Venus did her best to not make him go, or at least hunt smaller prey, Adonis ignored her. The next morning, Venus hears the hunt and runs towards the area from which she heard them. As she approaches the hunt, she “comes upon the body of Adonis, fatally gored by the boar’s tusks.” After seeing her love killed, she places a curse upon love stating that it will always end badly and those who love like she did will know the most sorrow.
The correlation between Dorian’s relationship and this story is the fatality in both stories. Just like the death in Adonis and Venus, Sibyl dies a terrible death. It wasn’t until after Dorian had thought about what he had said to her that he realized how unjust he was to her and how much he ignored her love, much like how Adonis ignored Venus’ love. Unfortunately, Dorian was too late and curses himself for not being more loving and more supportive. Although the characters are switched, in the sense that Sibyl and Adonis had died, the same concept holds true.

Why does Lord Henry feel there is a class conflict between Dorian and Sibyl?

“But think of Dorian's birth, and position, and wealth. It would be absurd for him to marry so much beneath him.”

How can we compare and contrast both Sibyl and Dorian to Shakespeare's Juliet and Romeo?

In their society, Sibyl can be seen as the low of the low while Dorian can be compared to a king. They each belong to two different classes of society that normally do not cross. Now in Romeo and Juliet, they both had belonged to different rival families. Because there is a rivalry, there should be no consideration that two would like to marry, much like the problem with Sibyl and Dorian. However, both the play and the novel have their characters marry against all olds. The difference between the play and novel is that Sibyl and Dorian have an issue of class while Romeo and Juliet have an issue with families.
Another comparison could be made directly between Juliet and Sibyl. Both of them had killed themselves over their lover.

"I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit" (Lord Henry)

Lord Henry, from this quote, can be seen as a devil figure. After all, Lord Henry is the only one, so far, who has been controlling and manipulative. Now because he is the devil, of course he will represent all the evil and all the sins that Dorian could never even think of.

How is Dorian's feelings about Sibyl ironic?

What is ironic about Dorian’s feelings about Sibyl is that Dorian has fallen in love with the characters that Sibyl plays. He has not fallen in love with the actual Sibyl. Once Dorian starts to see the real Sibyl instead of the actress Sibyl, he becomes confused and annoyed/angry. How can you love someone so much then hate them with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns just for not “putting on a good show.” “You [Sibyl] have killed my love.”

How is the physical description of Sibyl a foreshadowing of her bad performance?

The keywords such as “white lily” and “cool ivory” not only foreshadow her bad performance, as Dorian and company were cold to her, but they also foreshadow her death.

What allusions are referenced/cited in these chapters?

How Does Dorian describes Sibyl's acting?

"Horribly! It was dreadful. Are you ill? You have no idea what it was. You have no idea what I suffered." So now it is all about Dorian; he was embarrassed because he made Sibyl seem so perfect, and now she acted terrible in front of his company (Basil and Lord Henry). “You [Sibyl] have killed my love.”

How is Aestheticism and Decadence evident in Chapter six?

Aestheticism is present all over Chapter six. The whole concept of chapter six is to provide more information about this Sibyl Vane person who both Basil and Lord Henry have never seen or heard of before. Because Dorian fell in love with Sibyl for her acting and her good looks, throughout chapter six, Dorian is complementing her aesthetics.
As far as decadence, both Lord Henry and Basil are nervous that Sibyl might not be what Dorian believes her to be. They are afraid that she will bring down his quality of life (Lord Henry’s fear) and that she will deteriorate his good personality (Basil’s fear). Decadence is even more evident in chapter seven as we start to see Dorian’s love for Sibyl break down.

How is Sibyl's acting like bad art?

Acting is still an art form, regardless whether it is good or bad. Although Sibyl was indeed acting, true to the lines and everything, because she wasn’t putting any effort into it, it was a bad show of art. Because it was so bad, much like a bad painting in a museum, people started to ignore her to the point where no one in the audience cared.

Is Dorian truly in love with Sibyl or is he simply infatuated with her and WHY?

Dorian is infatuated with Sibyl. Like I stated before, Dorian only loves Sibyl’s talent for acting and those characters whom she acts out. “I have had the arms of Rosalind around me, and kissed Juliet on the mouth.” Dorian does not love Sibyl for her personality or anything of the sort, so when she gave a bad performance, Dorian decided to end their relationship that lasted about three weeks. If Dorian were truly in love with Sibyl, he would have ignored her bad acting and supported her to do better the next time.

How is Homosexuality, Aestheticism, and Decadence evident in chapters six and seven? Cite sources. Use a four column chart to illustrate your findings.