Unit: Teaching The Picture of Dorian Gray

This packet will help students and educators dive into Wilde’s novel with knowledge and curiosity. Included in this PDF:

• Unit objectives

• Helpful terms & chapter-by-chapter vocabulary 

• Guided reading questions

• Discussion questions

• Classroom activities

• Paired readings/images

•         The myth of Narcissus (with associated artwork)

•         “Principal Doctrines” of Epicurus

•         Passage from Romeo and Juliet

•         Part of the transcript from Oscar Wilde’s trial

• Quiz