ThePictureofDorianGrayOscarWilde奥斯卡·王尔德BACKGROUNDOsc
arWilde{1854~1900}wasborninDublininIreland.Hewent
touniversityatTrinityCollegeDublinandOxfordandthenmoved
toLondon.Asayoungman,Wildewasbrilliantandeccentric,
withhislonghairandextravagantclothes.Likehisconversation
,hisplayswerefullofquickhumour,suchas:“Nowadays,p
eopleknowthepriceofeverythingandthevalueofnothing.”He
beganwritingpoetrybuthismostfamousworksarehisplays,e
speciallycomedieslike...LadyWindermere''sFan{1892}Salome{
1894}TheImportanceofBeingEarnest{1895}Wilde''scareer
wasstoppedbyscandal.Hewassenttoprisonforhomosexuality
.Whenhecameoutofprison,hemovedtoParisanddiedabroke
nman.ThePictureofDorianGrayisOscarWilde''sonlynoveland
itisabrilliantstoryaboutmoraldecadence.OscarWilde''s
tombstone[墓碑]...Therearealotoftouristskissonhistombsto
ne?TheartistsinmemoryofWildeinprison...Beforeyoustar
?ReadaboutOscarWildeWhatkindofpersonwashe?OscarWil
dewasbrilliantandeccentric.Hisconversationandplayswasf
ullofquickhumour.Hewasafamouswriterandhehasalotof
famousworks.?Thestorymentionssomeofthesubjuctsbelow.
Makeadjectivesfromthenouns.fearafraiddeathdeadyouthyoungan
gerangryhorroyhorrificcrueltycruelbeautybeautifulsuccesssuccessfu
lReadingandListeningBasilHaywardwasasuccessfulartist.Heh
adnearlyfinishedaportraitofaveryhandsomeyoungmancalled
DorianGray.One?day?a?friend?of?his,?Lord?Henry?Wotton,saw?the?p
icture?Basil?was?painting?and?wanted?to?meet?his?young?man.A?few
?days?later,?Lord?Henry?and?Dorian?Gray?met?at?Basil''s?house?and?
went?for?a?walk?in?thegarden."Ah,?how?lucky?you?are?to?be?so?you
ng.There?is?nothing?in?the?world?as?important?as?youth!"?said?L
ord?Henry?to?Dorian."But?time?is?your?enemy."They?went?inside?to?
see?the?portrait?and?Dorian?looked?at?his?own?picture?intensely."
I?wish?I?could?always?stay?young?and?the?picture?could?grow?old.
Oh,?why?did?you?paint?this?picture,?Basil?Why?should?it?stay?y
oung?while?I?grow?old?I?wish?the?picture?could?change,?and?I?co
uld?stay?as?I?am."Dorian?was?beginning?to?fall?in?love?with?his?o
wn?picture.A?few?weeks?later,?Dorian?told?Lord?Henry?that?he?was?
in?love?with?an?actress,?called?Sybil?Vane.She?was?seventeen?an
d?very?beautiful.Dorian?didn''t?tell?Sybil?his?name?but?she?called
?him?Prince?Charming.He?told?her?that?he?was?in?love?with?her?a
nd?he?wanted?to?marry?her.Sybil''s?brother?was?worried?about?her?a
nd?this?mysterious?young?man."If?that?man?harms?my?sister,?I''ll
?kill?him."he?said?to?a?friend.But?Sybil''s?brother?was?a?sailo
r?and?had?to?go?off?toAustralia.One?night,?Dorian?took?his?frien
ds?to?see?Sybil?actingas?Juliet?in?Romeo?and?Juliet.She?acted?
badly?and?afterthe?performance?Dorianspoketo?Sybil.He?was?very
?angry?with?her."But?how?can?I?pretend?to?be?Juliet?now?that?I?
know?what?real?love?is?"?she?said?to?him.Dorian?said?that?he?ha
d?loved?her?because?she?was?a?good?actress.Now?he?didn''t?love?he
r?any?more?and?so?he?left?her.When?he?got?back?home?Dorian?looke
d?at?his?portrait?again.Somehow?it?was?different.The?face?in?
the?picture?now?had?a?cruel?smile.Then?Dorian?remembered?his?wish
.He?realised?that?he?had?been?cruel?to?Sybil.Tomorrow?he?would?se
e?her?and?be?good?to?her?and?make?up?for?what?he?had?done.But?t
he?next?day?Lord?Henry?brought?Dorian?some?terrible?news.Sybil?ha
d?killed?herself!Lord?Henry?told?him?not?to?worry,that?it?would?h
ave?been?impossible?to?marry?her?anyway?-?she?was?just?an?actress
.When?Lord?Henry?left,Dorian?looked?at?the?picture?of?himself?a
gain.He?realised?that?he?would?stay?young?and?handsome?forevera
nd?that?the?face?in?the?picture?would?becomeugly,oldandcrule
The?years?went?by,?but?Dorian?Gray?stayed?youngand?handsome.He?
enjoyed?all?the?pleasures?there?were?in?life.However,?his?portr
ait?changed?and?showed?all?theterrible?secrets?of?his?life.Dori
an?became?more?and?more?obsessed?with?thepicture?as?the?face?in?i
t?became?old?and?ugly.On?Dorian''s?thirty-eighth?birthday,?Ba
sil?Hayward,?the?painter,came?to?see?Dorian?and?told?him?that?h
e?was?going?away?to?Paris.Basil?told?him?that?people?were?saying
?terrible?things?about?Dorian''s?life.Dorian?decided?to?show?Basil
?the?portrait?and?to?tell?him?his?secret.Basil?was?horrified?when
?he?saw?the?face?and?told?Dorian?to?change?his?life.Suddenly,?Dor
ian?became?very?angry?with?Basil.He?took?a?knife?...?and?stabbed
?Basil?several?times.The?next?day,?Dorian?got?rid?of?the?body.
Nobody?would?ever?miss?Basil?Hayward.They?would?think?that?he?ha
d?gone?to?France.Later?that?night,?Dorian?was?in?a?bar?talking?t
o?two?women.One?of?the?women?said?to?him,"Ah,?I?remember?you.?Yo
u''re?Prince?Charming,?aren''t?you?"A?sailor?heard?this.?It?was?S
ybil''s?brother.Herealisedthatthiswasthemanwhohadbeencru
eltohissistereighteenyearsago.Dorianwasveryafraid,buts
aidthatitcouldn''thavebeenhim.Heshowedthesailorhisface,
thefaceofayoungmanoftwenty.ThenDorianwentaway."Inearl
ykilledthatboy,"saidthesailor."Boy?"saidthewoman."Ifirs
tmethimeighteenyearsago,buthisfacehasn''tchangedinall
thattime."AweeklaterDorianwasinthecountrystayingwithso
mefriends,whenherealisedthatthesailorwasfollowinghim.H
ebecameveryafraid.Thenextdayhewentoutwalkingwithsomeo
fhisfriendswhowereshooting.Hisfriendshotatananimaland
therewasthecryofaman.Hehadkilledthesailorwhohadbeen
followingDorian.Dorian?decided?to?change?his?life."Maybe?if?I?ha
ve?a?better?life,?the?face?in?the?picturewill?not?be?so?ugly?and
?horrible."But?when?he?looked?at?the?portrait?it?was?even?moreter
rible?than?before.He?decided?to?destroy?the?picture.He?picked?up?
a?knife?and?stabbed?the?painting.There?was?a?loud?cry?and?a?crash
.The?servants?were?very?afraid.They?went?into?the?room.On?the?wal
l?they?saw?the?portrait?of?Dorian?Gray?as?a?young,?handsome?man
.On?the?floor?was?a?dead?man,?with?a?knife?in?his?heart.It?was?th
e?other?Dorian?Gray,?his?face?old,?ugly?and?horrible.Readingand
Listening? Arethesestatementsaboutthestorytrue[T]orf
alse[F]?1.BasilHaywardpaintedaportraitofhisfriendDo
rianGary.2.Dorianmadeawishtostayyoungandforhisportra
ittobecomeold.3.Dorianmetabeautifulyoungpaintercalled
SybilVaneandfellinlovewithher.4.Sybilkilledherselfaft
erDorianlefther.5.Onhisthirsty-eighteenbirthday,Doria
nkilledhisfriendBasil.6.WhentheseryantsfoundDoriant,
hisfacewasoldandhorrible7.Sybil''sbrotherfollowedDorian
andshotDorian''sfriend.8.Dorianfinallydecidedtodestoryth
eportraitwithanaxe.?Readthestoryagainandanswerthese
questions.1.WhydidDorianmakehiswishabouttheportrait?2.WhathappenedtohisportraitafterheleftSybil?3.Howdidhisfaceintheportraitchange?4.HowdidDorianchangephysicallyovertheyears?5.WhydidDoriankillBasil?6.WhydidthesailorfollowDorian?7.WhydidDoriandecidetodestorytheportrait?8.Whathappendedtotheportraitintheend?9.Whatisthemoraltothisstory?Doyouagreewithit?Thatisall,Thankyou! |
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