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Dorian wants to move the portrait to a place where no one can see it. He decides that the changes in the painting cannot be seen by any of his friends. He hides it in an attic where he spent his time as a child. The sight of the room awakens a lot of feelings and memories in Dorian. He receives a letter from Lord Henry and The Yellow Book, which fascinates him. Later that evening, they meet.

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Dorian, Basil and Lord Henry arrive at the theater to see Sybil. At first, they're all enjoying the beauty of her. But once she starts acting, they become disappointed, everything changes and she can’t perform anymore. Audience is disappointed and angry. Dorian after the play went to see Sibyl and said some rude things to her and told that he doesn't love her anymore. Sibyl begged and felt heartbroken. Dorian returns and sees that the painting has changed.

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Basil comes to visit and wants to support Dorian. Dorian doesn't want to talk about the death of the actress, Basil is surprised that he was at the opera and already pretends that the incident never happened. When Basil asks to see the portrait, Dorian refuses permission and tells him never to see it again. Dorian lies about the real reason he can't see the portrait, saying that the light was too strong. Basil reveals his feelings to Dorian, but Dorian says it's not even a compliment, just too much admiration. Basil is disappointed and walks out.

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Chapter starts with Dorian thinking about the fact that the portrait has changed. He feels that he has to do something so he writes a letter to Sybil. Lord Henry walks in and tells Dorian about actres's death. At first Dorian is very upset and angry at himself, but because of Wotton’s bad influence he decides to move on, without worrying about anything. At the end he doesn't even seem to be upset about Sibyl's death.

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Lord Henry shares with Basil the latest news that Dorian Gray has become engaged to be married. Basil is shocked and cannot believe it's true. Then Dorian arrives and approves that it's true. Later he tells that the lovers kissed unexpectedly backstage after the performance. Dorian is obsessed with her and thinks she means the world to him. Lord Henry tries to teach Dorian, but he doesn't listen to the negative things about marriage. Basil feels that Dorian will never be the same to him again.

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In the Vane household, Sibyl Vane tells her mother how much she likes Dorian and that he means everything to her. Without knowing his real name, she refers to him as Prince Charming. She believes that love is so much more than money. Her mother is very skeptical and wants to protect her daughter from a broken heart, but also hopes that Dorian has money and wants her daughter to have a good life. James Vane, Sibyl's brother, goes to Australia to work and earn money for the family. He wants his mother to take care of Sibyl and is worried about her future.

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Now, a month later, Dorian is in Henry's library waiting for Henry's arrival. While he waits, he meets his wife. When the young man finally hears Henry's return, they begin a conversation about marriage. Dorian tells him that he has fallen in love with the actress Sybil Vane and wants to marry her. Henry laughs and finds this very funny, but wants to see the actress. So, together with Basil, they plan to see the play.

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After Lord Henry's first encounter with Dorian Gray, he visits his uncle Lord Fermor to learn about the latter's origins. He learns of the young man's past, that he comes from an unfortunate family with a tragic and dark history. Lord Fermor describes Dorian's mother as a very beautiful woman who disappointed her family by marrying a man from a poorer social class. Dorian's parents died long ago and he is alone.

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When Lord Henry first meets Dorian Gray, he turns out to be as handsome as his portrait. He tells the young man that only beauty and youth are important. Dorian has never thought of losing his good looks, but Lord Henry makes him realize that he is getting older and beauty will fade. Something changes in Dorian's attitude towards life, he is no longer the young and naive man. Lord Henry sees Dorian as an interesting object of study. Basil realizes something is going on, he knows it is because of Lord Henry's bad influence. The portrait is finished and the painter decides to destroy it, but Dorian stops him. Lord Henry then invites Dorian to go to the theater with him and drive him home in his carriage. Basil tries to dissuade Dorian by inviting him to dinner instead, but he refuses. When Harry and Dorian leave, Basil is upset.

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The chapter begins with the painter Basil being in his studio in London. Lord Henry comes to visit and sees the new portrait of Dorian Gray. He is delighted with the portrait and thinks it is the best painting Basil has ever done, and suggests that it be shown at an exhibition. The painter refuses, but Lord Henry insists, and so they get to talking about this mysterious young man, and Basil reveals his feelings for Dorian, which he believes are reflected in his work. Henry is interested in learning more about Dorian Gray and wants to meet him.

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“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”

“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies.”

“Poets are not as scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions.”

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“There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral – immoral from the scientific point of view.”

“One of the great secrets of life – to cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul. You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.”

''I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me. Why should it keep what I must lose?''

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“I can sympathize with everything, except suffering", cried Lord Harry, Shrugging his shoulders. "I cannot sympathize with that. It is too ugly, too horrible, too distressing. There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain.”

“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world’s original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.”

“Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.”

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“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

“It is personalities and not principals that move the age.”

“It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us. Our weakest motives were those of whose nature we were conscious. It often happened that when we thought we were experimenting on other we were really experimenting on ourselves.”

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"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them."

''What does money matter? Love is more than money.''

" Don't forget that you will have only one child now to look after, and believe me that if this man wrongs my sister, I will find out who he is, track him down, and kill him like a dog. I swear it."

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''The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.''

“I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.”

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"It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting. Besides, I don't suppose you will want your wife to act. So what does it matter if she plays Juliet like a wooden doll? She is very lovely, and if she knows as little about life as she does about acting, she will be a delightful experience."

"The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing."

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“There is a fatality about good resolutions – they are always made too late.”

“We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.”

“Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak. They are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account.”

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“It is only the shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.”

''You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream. I worshipped you. I grew jealous of every one to whom you spoke. I wanted to have you all to myself. I was only happy when I was with you.''

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''He shuddered, and for a moment he regretted that he had not told Basil the true reason why he had wished to hide the picture away. Basil would have helped him to resist Lord Henry's influence, and the still more poisonous influences that came from his own temperament.''

''Every moment of his lonely childhood came back to him as he looked round. He recalled the stainless purity of his boyish life, and it seemed horrible to him that it was here the fatal portrait was to be hidden away.''

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pall - a cover for a coffin

annihilated - completely destroyed

inveterate - firmly established by long standing

impecuniosity - poverty

genial - having a friendly, pleasant disposition
obsequious - here, complacently complying

flaccid - lacking firmness; lacking energy

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idolatry - extreme admiration
incarnation - personification,  a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or quality
induce - to persuade someone to do somethingsucceed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something
martyr - a person who suffers very much or is killed because of their religious or political beliefs, and is often admired because of it
misanthrope - someone who dislikes humans and avoids society
annihilated - to destroy something completely so that nothing is left

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winesome fanciful - to find someone attractive in an open, delightful way
wrought - made in a specific way
inquest - report on an incident
asphodel - type of flower, lily like
conjugal felicity - happy marriage

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discordant - disagreeing
divinity - being divine
fawn - young deer
ungainly -  akward, clumsy
tawdry - gaudy; cheap; vulgarly ornamental

listless - lacking energy or effort

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Arden - a forest in As You Like It (Shakespeare ), in which Sibyl performed the previous night
brougham - a horse-drawn carriage with a roof, four wheels, and an open driver's seat in front.
narcissus - This narrow-leafed plant with its white or yellow, trumpet-shaped blossom, is an apt flower for Dorian to adore.
It is named for Narcissus of Greek mythology, a young man who spurned the attentions of Echo and fell in love with his own image in a pool of water; he was turned into the flower.

Verona - a city in northeastern Italy, the setting for Romeo and Juliet, in which Sibyl will perform that night.

prig - a person who is overly precise, arrogant, or smug.

brougham - a four-wheeled, closed carriage with an open driver's seat in front.

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Achilles - Statue in a park where Sibyl and Jim walked.
affluence - a plentiful supply of wealth or goods
articles - the articles of agreement, or contract, signed by James, to undergo the journey to Australia
bismuth - A chemical element that is a silver metal, used in some medicines and make-up
dogma - a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true
drudge - a person made to do hard menial or dull work
four-in-hand - a vehicle with four horses driven by one person

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munificent - very generous

greenroom - a waiting room or lounge in a theatre, used by performers when off-stage

staccato - here, rapid, short, crisp words

efficacy - ability to produce a specific effect

grotesque - comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
picturesque - visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way
brocade - a rich fabric woven with a raised pattern, typically with gold or silver thread
esprit - the quality of being lively, vivacious, or witty
début - a person's first appearance or performance in a particular capacity or role

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English Blue Book - an official publication of the British government, so called for the color of its covers

subaltern - the lowest rank of military officer

jarvies - slang for cabmen

Dryad - Greek mythology, a wood nymph

supercilious - disdainful, scornful, acting superior.
enthralling - fascinated, holds someone's attention
sombre - dull in color or emotion
facile - ignorance towards the true issue, superficial
unpardonable - unforgivable, inexcusable
prejudiced - guessed, biased
contemplation - thoughtfully looking, in consideration
indolence - laziness

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blossoms of a laburnum - tree with golden flowers and highly poisonous seeds

ensconced-  settled securely or comfortably

I went to a crush - a cocktail party

pallid - abnormally pale

proletariat - the poorest class of working people

salon - a weekly or monthly gathering of artists and intellectuals

She brought me up to royalties - the reference is to frequent dinners and parties with the titled upper class

languid - lacking energy or spirit

the East End - the industrial or working class area of London.

tremulous - vibrating or quivering

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penitent -feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins

Hedonism - This ethical doctrine, accepted by many in the Aesthetic movement, advocates the intrinsic goodness of pleasure

candor - frankness, straightforwardness

petulant - unreasonably irritable

panegyric - a formal expression of praise, sometimes for the dead

Hellenic - pertaining to the ancient Greeks or their language

caprice - something done impulsively or whimsically

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He was born on 16th October 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. Wilde is known to be one of the most famous writers of the Victorian era. Writer had an erudite way with words and is often quoted to this day. He was known as a sharp wit, delivering lines that cut through conversation making him at once popular and vilified, depending on the nature of those at the receiving end. Wilde was a homosexual, something that was illegal in the UK until the 1960s.

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Wilde's first and only published novel tells the story of the handsome Dorian Gray, who, after having his portrait painted, wishes it to age and become ugly while he may remain beautiful forever. Work was written in 1891.

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Place : Lord Fermor's house, Agatha's house

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Place : Lord Fermor's house, Agatha's house

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Places: theatre, greenroom, Dorian's house

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Places: theatre, greenroom, Dorian's house

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A radiantly handsome, impressionable, and wealthy young man whose portrait is painted by the artist Basil Hallward.
Character is only 17 years old. Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian becomes intensely preoccupied with the transience of his beauty and begins to pursue above all his own pleasure.

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Lord Henry is a representative of everything we think is wrong. Intelligent, judgmental and manipulative person, believes in hedonism. His theories look right and wrong at the same time. They greatly influnced Dorian.

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He is a painter, friend of Lord Henry. Basil Hallward expresses creativity, sensitivity and principles. After meeting Dorian, he becomes obsessed with him and inspired. Like Lord Henry and Dorian, Basil is a lover of beauty, but unlike them, his aesthetic ideal contains a strong moral component.

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A poor, beautiful, and talented actress with whom Dorian falls in love. Sibyl's love for Dorian compromises her ability to act and make clear decisions about her life.