Chapter 13

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Questions

1)	What is the main idea of this chapter?

2)	Dorian talks with Harry about public suspicions surrounding Basil's death. Then he asks Harry what he thinks: "Harry, did it ever occur to you that Basil was murdered?" What does "occur" mean?

3)	Harry does not think that Basil was murdered: "Why should he be murdered? He was not clever enough to have enemies. Of course he had a wonderful genius for painting." What does "genius" mean?

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Dorian has recently tried to do a good deed in order to reverse the damage to his soul. He wonders if this good deed has made an impact on the portrait: "He had spared one innocent thing, at any rate . . . As he thought of Hetty Merton, he began to wonder if the portrait in the locked room had changed. Surely it was not still so horrible as it had been?" What does "spared" mean?

5)	When Dorian's body is discovered, how are the servants able to identify it as his?

6)	How does the portrait look at the end?

7)	Were there any events that still aren't clear to you?