Fishbowl 9-12 question

Is Dorian responsible for ruining lives of his friends? Is Lord Henry responsible for ruining the life of Dorian? When do you think is someone responsible for their actions?

Dorian Gray 9-12 Fishbowl

Scribe March 4 Period 1

-Today we took the quiz reviewing chapters 6 through 10. If you were not here today, make sure you have read and reviewed information over these chapters.
-We also created Parent Teacher Conference letters that we would send to our parent or guardian about certain goals and progress in English Literature. The format for this letter can be found on Mrs. Smith's teacher web page under Agenda in the Google Calender, or at this link: Parent Teacher Conference letter
-We may have also read the poem "Helas!" by Oscar Wilde, otherwise we may read or continue it on Wednesday, but it is not for homework.
Homework:
-Read Chapters 11 and 12 for Wednesday
-Continue work on Last Lecture part 2: Lasting Legacy to Arapahoe High School (Make sure that there is a consistent theme found in both part 1 and 2 of your Last Lecture, so connect part 2 to the main idea found in your part 1)

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Today in class:

We took a quiz over chapters 6-10

After that we wrote our Parent Teacher Conference Letters linked here:
https://docs.google.com/a/lps.k12.co.us/presentation/d/1Rd1hXb55IUCjP1TaddPvKzP5zAro6KyBMVWvpVJy5UY/edit#slide=id.p19
Fill this out and turn one hard copy in to Mrs. Smith, and one copy to your parents; it will be what they discuss at conferences instead of the typical boring stuff.

For Homework:
Read chapters 11-12
Work on LL2; lasting legacy to AHS

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Scribe 2/29

Today we had a fishbowl, discussing chapters 5-8. Some main points were:

• Wilde’s portrayal of women; is it an ugly one?
• Wilde putting himself in all of the characters
• Do you think that Dorian even feels bad about Sybil’s suicide?
• It was thought he didn’t have a true attachment because he was in love with the acting that Sybil did, not her true self
• Did Wilde actually put himself in the characters?
• Basil put himself fully in the painting, does that correlate with Wilde?
• Opposing views
• Do you think Basil and Dorian’s relationship went downhill once Henry and Dorian became close?
• Or is it the change in the portrait that offends Dorian?
• Is the painting becoming older, more grotesque looking because Dorian is gaining brains, and can’t have beauty and brains simultaneously?
• Is the painting a mirror? Or a window?
• Foreshadows what he could becomes, but reflecting his inner thoughts
• Is the painting actually changing? Or is it just in Dorian’s head?
• Will Sybil’s brother kill Dorian?
• Does that include destroying the portrait?
• But James doesn’t know who Dorian is yet, but he could seek him out
• Though a suicide, won’t let it go until blame can go on someone
• Did Dorian see the ugly in the painting because of the death of Sybil, and his conscience was shining through?
• Picture becomes moral compass?
• Redemption is showing his sins (the picture?)
• When he dies, what will happen to the picture
• To be fully good, does he have to fully repent?
• Dorian’s pact: To stay young, he gave his soul to the portrait. So he is living a life without a soul
• Genesis (Adam and Eve= Dorian and Sybil, Serpent= Henry, God=Basil)
• Continues into temptation, but he has no soul so can’t feel it but sees it in the portrait
• Why was Henry more of an influence?
• Temptation
• So who is the creator?
• Basil
• Ultimate creator has to leave their creation at some point, but there’s multiple influences (creators) through life
• learn from experience (right from wrong)

Homework: Read 9-10

Blog Question Chapters 5-8 Fishbowl

“It had altered already, and would alter more. Its gold would wither into grey. Its red and white roses would die. For every sin that he committed, a stain would fleck and wreck its fairness. But he would not sin. The picture, changed or unchanged, would be to him the visible emblem of conscience. He would resist temptation” (Wilde 88) Do you think that Dorian can really resist temptation and sin? Can anyone? If he continues along the bad path he is on, what is going to happen to him and the picture?

Dorian Gray 5-8 Fishbowl