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At the beginning of the story, Basil Hallward, an artist, finished the portrait of Dorian Gray, a remarkably handsome young man. Dorian thought the portrait was very good, but he was then struck by realization that in time his good looks would"How sad it is!" murmured Dorian Gray, with his eyes still fixed upon his portrait. "How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June. If it were only the other way! I would like to be always young and let the picture grow old! For that - for that -I would give everything. Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!" Later Dorian was tormented by the thought that his "mad wish" might come true. But was he really prepared to give his soul away so that he can stay beautiful?He felt that the time had come for making his choice. Eternal youth, infinite passion, pleasures subtle and secret, wild joys and wilder sins. The portrait was to bear the burden of his shame, that was all.But there would be a real pleasure in watching it. This portrait would be to himthe most magical of mirrors, it would reveal to him his own soul.52Dorian decided to hide the portrait in an old room upstairs so that no one could see how hour by hour and week by week, the thing upon the canvas was growing old.Dorian, meanwhile, stayed forever beautiful. Over the years, he lived a life of sins and pleasures and there was much scandal surrounding his life. Often he would creep upstairs to the locked room and stand with a mirror in front of the portrait that Basil Hallward had painted of him. He was looking now at the evil and ageing face on the canvas, and now at the fair young face that laughed back at him from the mirror.His old friend Basil tried to warn him about what people. in London society were saying about him. Dorian decided to show him the portrait, but then, as Basil was looking at it, Dorian stabbed him to death.The yearswentby, andDorianbecame more tortured by the sins of his past. One night, he was back in the room where his portrait was hidden. He looked round, and saw the knife that had stabbed Basil Hallward. It had killed the painter, now it would kill thepainter's work, he thought it would kill the past, and he would be free. He seized the knife and stabbed the picture with it.There was a cry heard, and a crash. The cry was so horrible in its agony that the frightened servants awoke and ran out of the rooms. They knocked, but there was no reply. They called out. Everything was still. Finally, they got on the roof, and dropped down onto the balcony. When they entered the room they found, hanging upon the wall, a splendid portrait of their master as they had seen him in youth and beauty. Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress with a knife in his heart. He was old, wrinkled and ugly. Only after they had examined the rings, they recognized who it was.

1. What kind of man was Dorian Gray when Basil Hallward finished his portrait?

2 What did he look like back then?

3 What was it that worried Dorian very much?

4 What wish did he express once?

5 What did the portrait become to Dorian?

6 What was reflected in the portrait?

7 Why did he decide to hide his portrait in the room upstairs?

8 What life did he lead these years?

9 How did the portrait change meanwhile?

10. What feeling did he have when he looked at the portrait?

11 Did his friend Basil try to reveal Dorian his sins? What was the result?

12 Why did he want to kill the past?

13 What happened to Dorian when he stabbed the portrait?

14 Whom did the servants find in the morning?

15 Did they recognize their master? Why? Why not?

Below are the answers based on the text:

1. Dorian Gray was portrayed as a remarkably handsome and charming young man when Basil Hallward finished his portrait.

2. Back then he appeared youthful, attractive, and full of beauty; his good looks were striking and captivating.

3. Dorian was deeply worried about the inevitability of aging. He fretted that while he would grow old and become hideous, his portrait would remain forever youthful and unchanging.

4. He once expressed the wish that he himself could remain young forever while the portrait aged in his place—so much so that he declared he would give everything, even his soul, to achieve that.

5. To Dorian, the portrait became a kind of magical mirror of his inner self. It was not just a painting but a reflection of his soul and the repository of his shame, guilt, and the moral decay brought on by his sins.

6. The portrait reflected the corruption and degradation of his soul. As Dorian committed more sins and his inner self became more tainted, the painting grew increasingly deformed, showing the physical manifestation of his inner guilt and moral decay.

7. He decided to hide the portrait in the old room upstairs so that no one else could see the gradual transformation. This secrecy allowed him to keep the evidence of his inner corruption hidden from society while he maintained his outward appearance of youth and beauty.

8. During these years, Dorian led a life filled with sin, wild pleasures, scandal, and decadence. He indulged in various immoral and hedonistic pursuits, showing little regard for the consequences of his actions.

9. Meanwhile, while Dorian remained outwardly youthful and beautiful, the portrait changed dramatically. It grew older, uglier, and more grotesque, mirroring the cumulative effect of his sins and the degradation of his soul over time.

10. When he looked at the portrait, Dorian experienced a mix of torment, guilt, and perverse pleasure. He was horrified by the aging and evil expression in the portrait—an image that deeply conflicted with his maintained physical beauty—yet he found a kind of grim satisfaction in watching his inner self decay.

11. Yes, Basil, his old friend, did try to caution him about the scandalous reputation and the consequences of his lifestyle. However, when Dorian showed Basil the transformed portrait, Basil was horrified by what it revealed about Dorian’s soul. In response, driven by panic and a desire to keep his sins hidden, Dorian stabbed Basil to death.

12. Dorian wanted to kill the past because the portrait served as a constant and painful reminder of his misdeeds, guilt, and the corruption of his soul. By attempting to destroy it, he hoped to erase his shameful history and be liberated from the burden of his sins.

13. When Dorian stabbed the portrait, a terrible cry and a crashing sound filled the room. This act marked the turning point: his attempt to obliterate the evidence of his corrupt past backfired, leading to the final transformation of his true self. Ultimately, Dorian died, and his body became a reflection of the grotesque, aged, and corrupted image that had been hidden in the portrait all along.

14. In the morning, the servants discovered a dead man lying on the floor in his evening dress, with a knife in his heart. Above him on the wall hung a splendid portrait of a beautiful, youthful Dorian Gray, which sharply contrasted with the lifeless, aged body.

15. Initially, the servants did not recognize the corpse because the body was that of an old, wrinkled, and hideous man—the result of Dorian’s inner corruption manifesting physically. However, after carefully inspecting the rings (and likely other personal effects), they recognized that the dead man was indeed their master, Dorian Gray.

These answers directly reflect the events and themes as presented in the text.