Setting (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards
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Time period & city where the novel is set
Time period & city where the novel is set
London, late Victorian era (1890s)
What West End represents
What West End represents
Beauty, luxury, social grace
What East End represents
What East End represents
Moral decay and indulgence
What London's geographic divide symbolises
What London's geographic divide symbolises
Dorian's split personality
What Basil's studio initially represents
What Basil's studio initially represents
Artistic creation, innocence, and truth
Location of Dorian's townhouse
Location of Dorian's townhouse
Grosvenor Square
What the locked attic represents
What the locked attic represents
Conscience, guilt, and repression
What happens to portrait as Dorian sins
What happens to portrait as Dorian sins
It grows uglier
What opium dens symbolise
What opium dens symbolise
Moral decay and self-destruction
What Lord Henry's home symbolises
What Lord Henry's home symbolises
Intellectual temptation and moral danger