3. What reason did Basil Hallward give for not wanting to exhibit the portrait?
4. How did Hallward describe the relationship between an artist and his work?
5. Where had Lord Henry heard of Dorian Gray?
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Answer:
1/Because Basil worries that the public will detect his personal and artistic idolatry of Gray, he will not exhibit the portrait. Echoing a basic tenet of Aestheticism, he suggests that an artist should create beautiful work for its own sake; art shouldn't mean anything.
2/Basil is the painter of Dorian Gray's portrait. From the beginning of their relationship on, he feels that he found his muse in Dorian, who, in Basil's eyes, embodies the Greek ideal of harmony between body and soul (DG 13).
3/Lord Henry, astonished by this declaration, remembers where he heard the name Dorian Gray before: his aunt, Lady Agatha, mentioned that the young man promised to help her with charity work in the slums of London. At that moment, the butler announces that Dorian Gray has arrived, and Lord Henry insists on meeting him.
Explanation:
However, there is every implication of something more personal in the attraction. Basil is also a jealous person, wanting to keep Dorian from Lord Henry so that he can have Dorian all to himself. The other main character introduced in Chapter 1 is Lord Henry Wotton, a very intelligent, confident, manipulative man.
Dorian feels guilty for Sybil's suicide. At this point, Dorian loses all innocence because he feels responsible for the death of another. Dorian wishes that his portrait would grow old while he stays young forever. Over the years, Dorian begins to participate in homosexual activities and drug abuse.
The age of Lord Henry Wotton, the main antagonist in The Picture of Dorian Gray, is not specified in the text. He is definitely a fair bit older than 20-year-old Dorian Gray, as he uses his more worldly experience to encourage Dorian's vanity and hedonism.
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