1. Anglický jazyk
Oscar Wilde 4.
Mgr. Helena Slaninová
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2. Oscar Wilde
(1854 – 1900)

3. Answer the questions 1. ) What was his nationality?
2. ) What was his profession?
a.) b.) c.) d.)
3. ) What kind of literature did he write?
a.) b.) c.) d.)
4. ) What do you know about his personal life?
a.) family b.) prison c.) way of dressing
5.) Can you describe his way of expressing in his works?
6.) On which theme or style is „The Picture of Dorian Gray“ based?
7.) What is Dorian´s approach to life in general?

4. Answer the questions
8. ) What does Dorian do in order to stay young forever?
9. ) What happens to the portrait and to Dorian?
10. ) Why does Dorian decide to be good again?
11. ) Who kills Dorian in the end?
12. ) What do you think about The Picture of Dorian Gray?
13.) Can you name 3 more works by Oscar Wilde?
14.) Can you name 1 book you read and express your opinion about it?
15. ) Why do you think Oscar Wilde is still so popular nowadays?

5. Answers 1.) What was his nationality?- Irish
2. ) What was his profession?
a.) writer b.) poet c.) playwright d.) journalist
3. ) What kind of literature did he write?
a.) plays (society comedies) b.) poems
c.) essays d.) tales, stories
4. ) What do you know about his personal life?
a.) family – married, 2 sons
b.) prison – imprisoned for 2 years for gross indecency
c.) way of dressing – flamboyant, extravagant, fashionable
5.) Can you describe his way of expressing in his works?
had biting wit, ironic, straight to the point

6. Answers
6.) On which theme or style is „The Picture of Dorian Gray“ based?
Faustian theme (classic gothic horror fiction )
7.) What is Dorian´s approach to life in general?
Loves and enjoys life, parties and ladies; wants to stay and look young forever
8. ) What does Dorian do in order to stay young forever?
He „sells“ his soul in order to stay young forever
9.) What happens to the portrait and to Dorian?
The portrait ages and looks worse and worse (thanks to Dorian´s acts) but Dorian doesn´t look worse and older in real life.
10. ) Why does Dorian decide to be good again?
He wants the portrait to return to its previous state.
11. ) Who kills Dorian in the end?
He plunges a knife into the portrait and kills himself this way.

7. Answers 12. ) What do you think about The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Students´own answers
13. ) Can you name 3 more works by Oscar Wilde? For example:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Windermere´s Fan
A Woman of No Importance
The Importance of Being Earnest
An Ideal Husband
Salome
Vera
The Nihilists
14.) Can you name 1 book you read and express your opinion about it?
15. ) Why do you think Oscar Wilde is still so popular nowadays?

8. Použité zdroje
SARONY, Napoleon. Wikipedia [online]. [cit ]. Dostupný na WWW: (foto)
AUTOR NEUVEDEN. Oscar Wilde [online]. [cit ].Dostupný na WWW:
Text – autorka DUMu Mgr. Helena Slaninová