REVISE – I would give my soul #647818 - Prove ed esercizi Zanichelli

STEP 5 Think further and prepare for your test: the double

Read the text which discusses the theme of the double. Decide if the statements are true or false. Then look at the prompts and write some extra reflections in your exercise book. You can use the final text as revision material for your test.

PROMPTS:
- Refer to the box 'Themes' in 'All about The Picture of Dorian Gray' in your textbook. Describe the Faustian pact that Dorian makes when he sees his picture for the first time.
- Refer to this text, which distinguishes the mirror from the portrait: what is the function of each?

A:

The text highlights that Dorian Gray reverses the function of the mirror.

B:

The author explains that Dorian becomes fascinated by the difference between his beauty and his inner corruption.

C:

The author states that Dorian is only unmatched in beauty and perfection.

D:

The overall message of this text is that the theme of the double is ambiguous, as the mirror creates an inauthentic version of Dorian.

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Vero o falso

STEP 1 Focus on the key lines of the text

Match each quote from the passage to its meaning. Write the correct letters (A-D) in the gaps.

1 People say sometimes that beauty is only superficial. That may be so, but at least it is not so superficial as thought is. ________
2 When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats. ________
3 Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses. ________
4 Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. ________

A Time is against you, and it slowly takes away your youth and charm.
B Beauty is more than just outward appearance; it is special and meaningful, and it matters more than intellect.
C Life is short and precious. Don't waste it on anything or anyone dull and unpleasant, even if our society believes they are important.
D When youth and beauty fade, your past successes feel meaningless and distant, because your younger self is gone.

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Completamento aperto

STEP 4 Dorian's dramatisation

Read the statements and select the ones that accurately describe how Wilde uses dramatic techniques in the second half of the passage.

A:

The second half of the passage focuses closely on Dorian's emotional responses, increasing immediacy and tension.

B:

The narrator frequently intervenes to explain the moral significance of Dorian's thoughts.

C:

Dialogue between the characters is reduced, allowing Dorian's internal experience to take centre stage.

D:

The narrated monologue shows that Dorian gradually and rationally accepts the portrait's significance.

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Scelta multipla

STEP 3 Focus on the sequence of events

Reorder the events as they happen in the passage. Write the correct numbers (1-5) in the gaps.

Dorian understands that his own face will age and decay, while the portrait will remain perfect. ________
Dorian experiences joy as he recognises his own beauty. ________
Dorian despairs as he thinks about the loss of his youth and the future ugliness of his body, and wishes that the painting would age in his place. ________
Dorian passes by the portrait and begins studying it. ________
Dorian recalls Basil's compliments on his beauty, realising they had little effect on him before. ________

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Completamento aperto

STEP 2 A champion of Aestheticism

Read the text and complete it with the words given.

Lord Henry's speech directly supports the principles of the Aesthetic Movement. He presents beauty as the highest quality and ________ youth as the most precious ________ of life.
He encourages Dorian to seek new experiences and to live for pleasure, rejecting conventional moral values and ________. This is also because art has no ________ purpose, and is only meant to be enjoyed for its own ________.
In promoting these ideas, however, he ________ Dorian, and pushes him down a path of selfishness and ________ hedonism.

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