Chapter 3 Quotes Flashcards
LH about his uncles antics
‘The great aristocratic act of…
doing nothing’
Lord Henrys uncle about him
‘I thought you dandies never got up till two and
we’re not visible till 5’
About Dorians mother
‘A beautiful woman risking…
everything for a mad passion’
About DG
‘A boy left to solitude and the tyranny…
of an old and loveless man’
Lord Henry about Dorian
‘Talking to him was like playing upon an …
exquisite violin. He answered to every touch and thrill of the bow’
This shows Lord Henry’s easy manipulation. Like Dorian the violin is beautiful and makes beautiful sound but is always controlled by someone else. Violin is hollow, perhaps like Dorian who has sold his soul to the devil.
Lord Henry about Dorian
‘The white purity if boyhood, and beauty…
such as old Greek marbles kept for us’
white- innocent and pure e.c.t.
Greek Marbles, beautiful but cold. Stone links to Dorian’s lack of heart.
Lord Henry about Dorian
‘He would seek to…
dominate him’
A duchess at a dinner party
‘Ah! Lord Henry, I wished you would tell me how…
to become young again’
About Lord Henry
‘He charmed his listeners out of themselves, and they followed his pipe laughing. Dorian Gray never took his …
gaze off him, but sat like one under a spell’
he is beginning to easily manipulate Dorian
About Lord Henry
‘Your philosophy of…
pleasure.’
hedonism
