Can sin override our free will?, philosophy homework help

Chapter Sixteen

a. What does this quote mean and how does Dorian live it out: “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by the means of the soul” (193)?

b. How do we learn that sin has more than a physical consequence in Dorian?

c. Dorian is called “the devil’s bargain” and “Prince charming” (198). Which is more appropriate?

d. Can sin override our free will?

e. Why doesn’t James kill Dorian?

Chapter Seventeen

a. If “decay” (204) fascinates Henry, why does Dorian, whose looks don’t decay, fascinate Henry, too?

b. How and why does Dorian separate happiness and pleasure?

c. Why did Dorian faint?

Chapter Eighteen

a. What happens at the shooting party?

b. Why does Dorian say he can’t fall in love?

Chapter Nineteen

a. In what way did Dorian “gain the world but lose his soul” (225)?

b. At first, how does Dorian show he has reformed?

Chapter Twenty

a. Why does Dorian think there is “purification in punishment” (230).

b. Why does Dorian try to destroy the picture?