Dorian Gray Chapter 20 Flashcards
What does Dorian hope to see when he looks at his portrait once again?
He hopes it doesn’t look as horrible as it did since he helped Hetty. He hopes that those “signs of evil” have disappeared
Does Dorian Gray intend to kill himself?
He actually didn’t as he intended to destroy the portrait, but doing so broke the Faustian pact. Thus when he tried to destroy the painting, he actually killed himself. The portrait became normal, and Dorian Gray died an old and wrinkled man.
What appears lost to Dorian?
Every pleasure
What does Dorian ponder at night in his home?
Whether Henry’s words that one could never change hold any truth
What does Dorian long to reclaim?
The pure emotions of his childhood
What does Dorian now feel about the pact he made?
He deeply regrets the ill-fated wish he made to the portrait, for it would be marvelous now to experience each repercussion for each transgression in a natural form of justice.
What does Dorian feel when he looks into the mirror Henry had given him?
He recalls the words of a former lover, claiming that the allure of his features has altered history.
How does Dorian now feel about his appearance?
He now despises it feeling it to be his adversary
What does Dorian dedicate himself to do?
He cannot permit himself to dwell on the past so he decides once more to embark on a new way of life, hoping that if he lives virtuously enough, the portrait will eventually revert to its original state.
What does Dorian see when he pulls back the cover of the painting?
The figure appears even more repulsive than before observing that red stains have appeared on the painting, resembling blood.
Why does Dorian think the portrait has not changed?
Perhaps it is his recent commitment to righteousness, suspecting that perhaps it’s vain to think he could possibly right his wrongs.
What is now entirely obscure to Dorian?
His motives
What does Dorian do in a moment of agitation?
He seizes a knife and intends to destroy the painting which has ruined his existence
What alerts the servants to Dorian’s room? How do they enter?
A loud and terrible scream, unable to open the door they enter through a balcony
How do Dorian’s servants recognize the horrid and misshapen corpse to be Dorian’s?
The grotesque and aged body is found to be Dorian’s only by the rings on his finger
What happens to the portrait when Dorian stabs it?
It has become a young and handsome man?
What does Dorian feel tired of?
As he walks to his home he hears a man utter whether they just saw Dorian Gray to which he remembers the pleasure he felt at such occurences but now he just feels tired at hearing his name
What was the charm Dorian felt when he was in the country village?
That no one knew his name, they thought he was just another poor country boy
What words from Dorian’s lover does he still think of?
The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history
What does Dorian think has ruined him?
His beauty
What does Dorian think of when remembering his past transgressions?
James Vanes’s death
Alan Campbell’s suicide
Basil’s murder & coverup
The death of his own soul, that was the gravest
Why does Dorian think Alan killed himself?
He killed himself in his laboratory after destroying Basil’s body
Why can Dorian not forgive Basil?
Because he made the painting for Dorian and the painting is what Dorian think marred his life
How does Dorian try and justify the deaths of Basil and Allen?
Allen killed himself on his own volition and Basil’s was simply a moment of madness
Why does Dorian want to destory the painting?
It was the only piece of evidence left against him
It ceased to give him pleasure
It had been like a conscience to him
What is interesting about the act of Dorian destroying the portrait?
He uses the same knife he killed Basil with
When Dorian screams, who outside hears it?
A constable and 2 old men, one of which is Henry Ashton’s uncle which disparages against the constable doing anything in response to the scream
