One hardly knew at times whether one was reading the spiritual ecstasies
of some mediæval saint or the morbid confessions of a modern sinner. It was a poisonous book. (138)
In an interesting, well-developed, coherent and polished essay, answer the following questions about the novel and about life:
How do we encourage goodness in ourselves?
How do we encourage goodness in each other?
Do you hold Lord Henry responsible for corrupting Dorian Gray?
Can a book (like the novel’s “yellow book”) ever be poisonous to human goodness?
Have you ever felt as if another person, or medium, has purposefully tried to turn you away from goodness? What happened?
Have you ever felt as if another person, or medium, has purposefully tried to turn you toward human goodness? What happened?
