STEP 1 A passage from C. Cauti's introduction to 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
Read the passage and decide if the statements are true or false.
A:Cauti centres her argument around the idea that focusing only on one part of something prevents a full understanding of the whole.
B:Dorian's inability to reconcile appearance and inner self prevents him from achieving the state of tranquillity described by Epicurus.
C:Cauti claims that Basil Hallward is martyred and fails to achieve spiritual peace.
D:According to Cauti, the destruction of the portrait represents Dorian's attempt to redeem and understand himself completely.
E:Dorian's body is identified only through superficial objects, which shows that he has always been reduced to appearances rather than understood as a whole person.
