PPT-Dorian Gray & the Victorian Era

The Victorian Era Crime On the rise Prostitution violent crime theft Glorified in the newspapers became an entertainment of sorts Jack the Ripper First serial killer Prompted media obsession. Engagement. is a way for the authorial voice to position itself with respect to, and therefore to ‘engage’ with, . other voices and alternative positions . construed as being in play in the current communicative context. Extract study: A Christmas Carol. A presentation of “the Picture of Dorian Gray” by Constance.. Extract studies from Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray. + quote analysis and essay questions. A comparative study of Charles Dickens’s novels ( A Christmas carol, Oliver twist…) and Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray.. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. (B) He feels he has put too much of himself into . it. (C) Dorian Gray has asked him not . to. (D) He plans to put it over his own . mantelpiece. (A) He thinks it is a poor work of . Dorian Gray. Quotes. “You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.” . ― . Oscar Wilde. , . The Picture of Dorian Gray. “Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.” . Which terms were new for you?. What did you learn about the Gothic through this activity?. Don’t worry if you struggled with some of these terms – we will use them and discuss them as we continue to read . It is the night before Dorian Gray’s 38. th. birthday. . Dorian meets Basil who is planning to leave for Paris.. Basil expresses his concern at rumours about Dorian Gray.. Dorian’s looks have saved him from any one formally accusing him of the things he is rumoured to have done.. Ask yes/no questions to find out!. Sheldon W. . Liebman. – Character design in . The Picture of Dorian Gray. [...] . most recent critics have seen Dorian Gray as in some sense a running debate between two of its major characters, Henry Wotton and Basil . Chapter 17 recap. Identify . imagery of luxury – why does the chapter open in this way? (Hint: consider the atmosphere and setting in Chapter 16). Identify typical . Wildean. wit. Why do you think Wilde avoids using speech tags (e.g. ‘he said’)?. By Oscar Wilde. Passage Analysis.  .  .  . Ethan, . Ky. , & Peter. Nature . of sin and its effects on . people. “…sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of some one else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him. The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly -- that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one's self.” (13). Chapter 17 recap. Identify . imagery of luxury – why does the chapter open in this way? (Hint: consider the atmosphere and setting in Chapter 16). Identify typical . Wildean. wit. Why do you think Wilde avoids using speech tags (e.g. ‘he said’)?. It is the night before Dorian Gray’s 38. th. birthday. . Dorian meets Basil who is planning to leave for Paris.. Basil expresses his concern at rumours about Dorian Gray.. Dorian’s looks have saved him from any one formally accusing him of the things he is rumoured to have done.. by Oscar Wilde. Cassandra Thompson. Oscar Wilde. (1854-1900). Wilde was a very pompous young . man.. He is known for being a playwright.. The Picture . of Dorian . Gray. . was . Wilde’s only novel.. Oscar Wilde in a photo by Napoleon Sarony.. Born in . Dublin. . in . 1854. .. He became a disciple of . Walter Pater. , the theorist of aestheticism.. He became a fashionable . dandy. .. 1. Life. Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas in the 1890s. Dialectical Journal . Names of Group Members:. Seham. . Azzam. . Mariana Calvo. Shirley Chan . Josh Costa . Find three passages that show the nature of sin and its effects on people. What does each passage show/what message is Wilde trying to convey.