Dorian Gray Essay Schedule

Friday 1/27 and Monday 1/30: 

• Work on essay topics and organization
• Essay Organizer found HERE
• Essay Rubric found HERE
• Please note that while the rubric states it is out of 40 points, the essay will be graded out of 100 points.

Tuesday 1/31 and Wednesday 2/1:

• First Draft due; peer reviewing!!! BRING HARD COPY!!!

Thursday 2/2 and Friday 2/3:

• 2nd draft due; writing mini-lessons in class

Monday 2/6 and Tuesday 2/7:  

• PAPER DUE!!!!

For Thursday 1/19 and Friday 1/20

Read Dorian Gray - chapters 10-12

For Friday 1/13 and Tuesday 1/17

* Independent Reading Project Due!

*No reading, however...
*write a one page characterization or Facebook page, creating most horrible, villianous character that would be worse than Lord Henry....have fun!!

For 1/11 (Wednesday) and 1/12 (Thursday)

1) Read Chapters 6- 9

2) Guiding questions for your reading - no need to write out unless you feel it is helpful1

• What does Lord Henry say is the "real drawback to marriage"? 
• What does it mean to be "good," according to Lord Henry? (75-76) 
• What does Lord Henry tell Dorian Gray that he represents to the young man? (77)
• How do you interpret Dorian’s reaction to Sibyl’s lackluster performance? (81)
• What do his reaction and response tell you about his character?
• What does Dorian represent to Sybil? (83)
• What does Dorian discover has happened to his portrait?(87)
•  After Dorian sees how the picture has changed, he promises himself that he will “resist temptation from now on (88). Do you think he’ll be successful at that?
  • The next morning,  Dorian is met with news of what occurrence? How does that change his outlook on his new resolution? who does he blame? (94-95) 
  • How does Lord Henry attempt to turn Dorian away from grief and remorse? Dorian makes a choice on page 101 -  explain.
  • Look at Dorian's thoughts of Basil at the end of Chapter 9 as compared to his feelings in Chapter 2. What has changed?
  • What confession does Basil make to Dorian about the portrait and about his former attitude towards Dorian himself?

For Monday 1/9 and Tuesday 1/10

Read Chapters 3-5.
On page 41, Lord Henry states, "To get back one's youth, one has merely to repeat one's follies."

For one typed page, discuss the following:

• What is Lord Henry's attitude towards morality?  
• What code or set of beliefs does Lord Henry live by? 
• How does he view conventional morality and in what ways does he challenge it? 
• Why, for instance, does he believe it is futile and wrong for the individual to resist temptation?

For Thursday 1/5 and Friday 1/6

1) Read Chapter 2 of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

2) Write a 1/2 page on how you think Lord Henry's aesthetic philosophy affects Dorian.

3) You should be completed with your independent reading. Your final project is due Next Friday 1/13.