Cloze Text - The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
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Section One
actress= attrice -- acts= recita -- commits= commette -- cynical= cinico --= coinvolge -- painted= dipinto -- row= lite -- sees= vede -- to meet= incontrare
Section Two
continues= continua -- grows= diventa -- horrible= orribile -- keeps= tiene -- looked= guardò -- notices= nota -- old= vecchio -- said= aveva detto -- was to= dovesse -- were= fosse
Section Three
because= poiché -- blood= sangue -- evening= sera -- get rid= liberarsi -- has= ha -- image= immagine -- manages= riesce -- murders= uccide -- realizing= comprendendo -- sees= vede -- shows= mostra
Section Four
appeared= apparso -- body= corpo -- chest= petto -- come= accorrono -- decides= decide -- gets= diventa -- handsome= bello -- hearing= sentendo -- lying= disteso -- might= possa -- slashing= tagliando -- worried= preoccupato
actress= attrice -- acts= recita -- commits= commette -- cynical= cinico --
Section Two
continues= continua -- grows= diventa -- horrible= orribile -- keeps= tiene -- looked= guardò -- notices= nota -- old= vecchio -- said= aveva detto -- was to= dovesse -- were= fosse
Section Three
because= poiché -- blood= sangue -- evening= sera -- get rid= liberarsi -- has= ha -- image= immagine -- manages= riesce -- murders= uccide -- realizing= comprendendo -- sees= vede -- shows= mostra
Section Four
appeared= apparso -- body= corpo -- chest= petto -- come= accorrono -- decides= decide -- gets= diventa -- handsome= bello -- hearing= sentendo -- lying= disteso -- might= possa -- slashing= tagliando -- worried= preoccupato
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Section One
The London artist Basil Hallward has painted the portrait of his young friend, Dorian Gray. When another friend of Basil's, the cynical and sophisticated Lord Henry Wotton, sees the portrait, he is fascinated and determined to meet Dorian. Lord Henry introduces Dorian to a life of pleasure and involves him in his continuous search for new sensations. The two men go to see the actress Sybil Vane, Dorian's lover, at the theatre. She acts badly and Dorian accuses her of having no talent. After the row with Dorian she commits suicide.
Section Two
Dorian notices that his portrait is changing and he remembers what he said when he first looked at it: "I shall grow old and horrible but this picture never will be older. If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old. I would give my soul for that". For years Dorian continues his life of dissolution and search for sensation. The picture, which he keeps locked away, grows disfigured, hideous and old, but he remains young and beautiful.
Section Three
On the evening before his 38th birthday, he shows the picture to Basil, who is horrified. Realizing that he has revealed his soul to Basil because the painter sees the corrupted and deformed image of the portrait, he murders him. Though he manages to conceal the murder and get rid of the body, he sees that the figure in the portrait has now blood on his hands.
Section Four
Years and years go by. Dorian remains young and handsome, while the picture gets older and more hideous. One day Dorian, worried that someone might see the picture, decides to destroy the portrait by slashing it with a knife. The other people in the house, hearing an awful cry, come to investigate: they find the body of an ugly, unknown old man lying on the floor with a knife in his chest. On the wall is the portrait of Dorian as he had always appeared in life.
The London artist Basil Hallward has painted the portrait of his young friend, Dorian Gray. When another friend of Basil's, the cynical and sophisticated Lord Henry Wotton, sees the portrait, he is fascinated and determined to meet Dorian. Lord Henry introduces Dorian to a life of pleasure and involves him in his continuous search for new sensations. The two men go to see the actress Sybil Vane, Dorian's lover, at the theatre. She acts badly and Dorian accuses her of having no talent. After the row with Dorian she commits suicide.
Section Two
Dorian notices that his portrait is changing and he remembers what he said when he first looked at it: "I shall grow old and horrible but this picture never will be older. If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old. I would give my soul for that". For years Dorian continues his life of dissolution and search for sensation. The picture, which he keeps locked away, grows disfigured, hideous and old, but he remains young and beautiful.
Section Three
On the evening before his 38th birthday, he shows the picture to Basil, who is horrified. Realizing that he has revealed his soul to Basil because the painter sees the corrupted and deformed image of the portrait, he murders him. Though he manages to conceal the murder and get rid of the body, he sees that the figure in the portrait has now blood on his hands.
Section Four
Years and years go by. Dorian remains young and handsome, while the picture gets older and more hideous. One day Dorian, worried that someone might see the picture, decides to destroy the portrait by slashing it with a knife. The other people in the house, hearing an awful cry, come to investigate: they find the body of an ugly, unknown old man lying on the floor with a knife in his chest. On the wall is the portrait of Dorian as he had always appeared in life.