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Question #4
What inspired Sybil's performance?
Question #5
Hallward tries to give Wotton credit for being a kinder man than his words would indicate, but Wotton won't allow it. He says, "The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets."
What does "spare" mean?
Question #6
Lord Wotton offers a somewhat cynical view of Dorian's engagement. Rather than being offended, Dorian laughs and says, "You are quite incorrigible Harry; but, I don't mind. It is impossible to be angry with you."
What does "incorrigible" mean?
Question #7
Basil Hallward travels alone to the theater, in a separate vehicle from the other two men. During the trip, a sense of loss comes over him.
By the time he arrives at the theater, how does he feel?
Question #8
What happens to the portrait of Dorian Gray?
Question #9
Were there any events that weren't clear to you?
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Questions
| 1) | What is the main idea of this chapter? |
| 3) | How was Sybil on stage? |
| 4) | What inspired Sybil's performance? |
| 7) | Basil Hallward travels alone to the theater, in a separate vehicle from the other two men. During the trip, a sense of loss comes over him.
By the time he arrives at the theater, how does he feel? |
| 8) | What happens to the portrait of Dorian Gray? |
| 9) | Were there any events that weren't clear to you? |
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CHAPTER 5
For some reason or other, the house was crowded that night, and the fat Jew manager who met them at the door was beaming from ear to ear with an oily, tremulous smile. He escorted them to their box with a sort of pompous humility, waving his fat jewelled hands, and talking at the top of his voice. Dorian Gray loathed him more than ever. He felt as if he had come to look for Miranda and had been met by Caliban. Lord Henry, upon the other hand, rather liked him. At least he declared he did, and insisted on shaking him by the hand, and assured him that he was proud to meet a man who had discovered a real genius and gone bankrupt over Shakespeare. Hallward amused himself with watching the faces in the pit. The heat was terribly oppressive, and the huge sunlight flamed like a monstrous dahlia with petals of fire. The youths in the gallery had taken off their coats and waistcoats and hung them over the side. They talked to each other across the theatre, and shared their oranges with the tawdry painted girls who sat by them. Some women were laughing in the pit; their voices were horribly shrill and discordant. The sound of the popping of corks came from the bar.
"What a place to find one's divinity in!" said Lord Henry.
"Yes!" answered Dorian Gray. "It was here I found her, and she is divine beyond all living things. When she acts you will forget everything. These common people here, with their coarse faces and brutal gestures, become quite different when she is on the stage. They sit silently and watch her. They weep and laugh as she wills them to do. She makes them as responsive as a violin. She spiritualizes them, and one feels that they are of the same flesh and blood as one's self."
"Oh, I hope not!" murmured Lord Henry, who was scanning the occupants of the gallery through his opera–glass.
"Don't pay any attention to him, Dorian," said Hallward. "I understand what you mean, and I believe in this girl. Any one you love must be marvellous, and any girl that has the effect you describe must be fine and noble. To spiritualize one's age,––that is something worth doing. If this girl can give a soul to those who have lived without one, if she can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly, if she can strip them of their selfishness and lend them tears for sorrows that are not their own, she is worthy of all your adoration, worthy of the adoration of the world. This marriage is quite right. I did not think so at first, but I admit it now. God made Sibyl Vane for you. Without her you would have been incomplete."