setting

Question 1

why setting important

Answer 1

essential for overall character development + plot as it provides foundation to visualize and understand social and psychological mindset and typical behavior of era

Question 2

what mood does it set

Answer 2

eerie ambiance since it was a time where black magic and witchcraft was well feared

Question 3

setting produces clues as to..

Answer 3

what to expect in the novel which can be accomplished by referencing one’s historical knowledge of the period

Question 4

when was it set

Answer 4

19th century victorian era
1980 in london

Question 5

what were at all time high during 19th century

Answer 5

famine, poverty and racism like slaver were at all time high while the wealthy did nothing but continue to be rich

Question 6

what does dorian contradict

Answer 6

he contradicts from the typical low class family at the time as he was born into wealth. he was able to afford and sustain his lavish lifestyle through dads money

Question 7

what did dorian spend most money on

Answer 7

his luxurious entertainment being the highest forms of art like paintings, operas, novels and music

Question 8

what is the irony of dorian loving arts

Answer 8

it would be the one to generate his inevitable downfall

Question 9

how is poverty seen in novel

Answer 9

women using their body for money, immense difference between the west end and east end

Question 10

what does west end consist of

Answer 10

places where richest of rich hang out like Grosvenor Square and Curzon Street

Question 11

what does east end consist of

Answer 11

underprivileged citizens and was described as “a black web of some sprawling spider”
this quote helps reader comprehend the dirty, fearful and filthy enviornment

Question 12

what does west end signify

Answer 12

dorian’s brilliant side and a man who enjoys the arts and is admired by many

Question 13

what does east end signify

Answer 13

dorian’s evil character who commits inhumane acts

Question 14

how did setting emphasize that it is a gothic novel

Answer 14

the setting of the novel being the nineteenth century introduced the novel for being gothic, as such literature was becoming a trend in the victorian era

Question 15

what’s one of the essential elements in establishing the genre as gothic

Answer 15

the way the narrator describes certain places through usage of gloomy and pessimistic words

Question 16

example of pessimistic and gloomy language used

Answer 16

the room in which dorian would be locked up in when he was young, ultimately causing his flashbacks regarding his traumatizing childhood

Question 17

who takes on the presence of a demonic character

Answer 17

lord henry was a wicked man of manipulation, leading the innocent dorian to commit inhumane acts, to the point of murder

Question 18

what did lord henry give to dorian

Answer 18

a venomous yellow book, which dorian read religiously as if it’s his holy bible, completely dominating and influencing his ways of life

Question 19

what does the yellow book symbolize

Answer 19

the potential damage art can do to a vulnerable individual when one is easily and heavily influenced by it

Question 20

dorian says what when wanting to keep his beauty

Answer 20

“I would give my soul..”

Question 21

what is shown by dorian surrendering his soul for youth and beauty

Answer 21

another piece of a gothic element which further contributes to the plot as the demon itself has essentially become a character in the novel

Question 22

what is also important material in the novel

Answer 22

women in distress

Question 23

did dorian love sibyl truly

Answer 23

no, his love was only external and he only loved her for her beauty

Question 24

what does dorian describe sibyl as

Answer 24

“a little flower-like face, a small Greek head with plaited coils of dark brown hair, eyes that were violet wells of passion.”

Question 25

from the quote, what can be shown about dorian’s love for sibyl

Answer 25

he only described her appearance and not her personality which further concludes his supposed love was only lust