“True innocence, according to The Picture of Dorian Gray, is ultimately impossible, for underneath every pure façade, there are latent …

“While Basil is a highly moral character and Lord Henry an amoral one, Dorian is the only actively immoral character …

“The conflict between Basil and Henry essentially represents the difference between ‘art’ and ‘culture’.” How far and in what ways …

“The treatment of women in the novel (who are either mindless or “too clever”) implies that only men are fit …

“Wilde redeems himself morally by destroying Dorian.” How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of …

The theme of external uprightness accompanied by internal corruption appears often in the nineteenth century. Two examples are Nathaniel Hawthorne’s …

In chapter twelve of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Basil Hallward says, “One has a right to judge …

In chapter six of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry says, “To be good is to be …

In the sixth chapter of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian says to Henry, “I cannot help telling …

Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was written four years after The Picture of Dorian Gray. Though the two …