Aim: What is Wilde's view of "art" in the preface?
HE puts too much of himself into the picture and he thinks ar is everything

Why is this a manifesto about the purpose of Art, the role of the artist, and the value of beauty?
How does he define both artist and critic?
artist puts himself into art but others see the picture by their own view.

What do you think he meant by saying "a book can be moral or immoral?"
a book can give u good thoughts and teach something but its possible that may be it wont.

Interpret: "Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril." Is this a warning of some kind?
yes there is a warning.

Interpret: "It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors."
Explain whimsical last line: "All art is quite useless."

that the things which you create in art is not real its imagintion but the things in real life are for real.

Cooperative Learning: Key Facts on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Post to your Blogs and include Works Cited
Date of first publication:1890
Genre: Gothic Novel
Point of View:2nd person
Setting: London
Themes:Faustian theme
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Oscar Wilde born and died: 16 October 1854(1854-10-16),, 30 November 1900 (aged 46).
Married:Constance Lloyd
Children:two sons, Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886).
Education:Oscar was educated at home up to the age of nine. He attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, Fermanagh from the ages of nine to sixteen,^[2] spending the summer months with his family in rural Waterford, Wexford and at Sir William's family home in Mayo.
Writing Career: William also wrote books on archaeology and folklore. He was a renowned philanthropist, and his dispensary for the care of the city's poor, in Lincoln Place at the rear of Trinity College, Dublin, was the forerunner of the Dublin Eye and Ear Hospital, now located at Adelaide Road.
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Dorian Gray

The artwork that is the dorian's picture is symbolism.

Dorian is a very young and beautiful person whom Basil praises a lot.He think that Dorian is just like him.Dorian is admired by Basil.lord asks basil that why doesnt he exhibites the picture then Basil replied that he put too much of himself into it.Then lord laughs and says that dorian is way better than Basil.

Examine:Lord henry says that Dorian is a very beautiful person and Basil is nothing in front of him.

Cause:The portrait will remain young forever but Basil wont.

Compare:Lord henry is cyrical.

Hernes:The messengers of God.

Vocabulary
Petulant:In bad manner.
Paradox:Situation which is contradicted.
Philanthropy:Situation in which a peron wants to improve.
Caprice:Tendency to change the mind.
Physiology:which deals with reproduction and stuff.
Fidelity:loyality
Penegyric:Praising
Candour:Honesty.