1. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Symbols
The Picture of Dorian Gray

2. 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.

3. Opium

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

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

7. 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

8. 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”

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

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