The Picture of Dorian Gray Symbols The Picture of Dorian Gray

An Opium Den was an establishment where opium was sold and smoked. Opium Dens An Opium Den was an establishment where opium was sold and smoked.

Opium

‘To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.’ - Lord Henry

JAMES VANE Sibyl’s younger, fiercely overprotective brother ‘James is revenge, death and realism’

PURPOSE OF HIS CHARACTER Revenge: James Vane represents the death and past that catches up with Dorian. Death: Dies in his attempt to avenge Dorian Realism: contrasts Sibyl’s dream-like fantasy

The yellow book Lord Henry gives it to Dorian as a gift Joris-Karl Huysman’s decadent nineteenth-century novel À Rebours, translated as “Against the Grain” or “Against Nature”

Effect on dorian ‘Inducts Dorian into the world of Hedonism and self-gratification’ ‘live only for pleasure and experience everything’

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