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Hello everyone.
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The following presentation is an introduction to Oscar Wilde's novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray,
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as part of the Gray 12 English Home Language Syllabus.
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The information in this presentation is not examinable, but it is important for your understanding of the context of the novel.
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I would also like to note that there are various film adaptions of the novel.
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However, the film versions are significantly different to the novel.
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It is advisable that you do not substitute your reading and studying of the novel with merely watching the films.
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You might land up confusing characters and events that do not actually occur in the novel.
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The picture of Dorian Gray takes place during the Victorian era.
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The Victorian age covered the period of Queen Victoria's reign over the years 1837 to 1901.
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During this period, Britain was the most powerful empire across the whole world, economically and in terms of its military.
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During the Victorian era, many medical and scientific breakthroughs occurred.
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This was also the period of the Industrial Revolution.
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During the Industrial Revolution, a move from an agricultural society to a more urban society took place.
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During the Victorian era, many changes in social and economic aspects of society took place.
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One of the main characteristics of the time was the rigid class structure in society.
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Society during the Victorian era comprised of three distinct classes.
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Firstly, the working class.
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The working class were made up of people who earned their living through physical labour.
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Secondly, the middle class.
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These people were mostly bankers and office workers.
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Lastly, the upper class who were so wealthy they did not have to work in order to earn a living.
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Their wealth came from investments and inheritance.
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The working class during the Victorian era experienced very poor living and working conditions.
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In the novel we learn that the working class live on the east side of London.
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Their living conditions were often overcrowded and poorly ventilated.
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There were no sewage or drainage systems in their homes, meaning that living conditions were also unhygienic.
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Unlike the middle class, working class workers also included women and children.
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Due to poverty and poor living conditions, most people were malnourished and sickly.
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Unlike the middle and upper class, they did not participate in social entertainment as it was too expensive.
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The working class also had very little opportunity to receive any form of education.
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The middle class only had men providing the income, while women stayed home to raise the children and manage their homes.
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The middle class men consisted of office workers, bankers, shopkeepers, merchants and engineers.
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The middle class had aspirations for upward mobility, meaning that they aspired to be part of the upper class.
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The middle class followed upper class social norms and were very concerned with appearances and perceptions.
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We will learn that the concern for appearances and public perceptions is one of the main themes in the novel.
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As mentioned before, the upper class did not have to work.
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The upper class's extreme wealth came from inherited land or investments.
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The upper class included people from the church and those of nobility.
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In order to create further context, note that during the Victorian era, the following did not exist.
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Cars, which is why horse-drawn carriages are mentioned in the novel.
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Cell phones, ATMs, credit cards,
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television or radio, plastic, computers and aeroplanes.
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Despite not having many things we have today, people of the Victorian era did have banks,
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schools and universities, railways and canal and ocean going ships,
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books and libraries, some form of running water and sanitation but not all classes had it equally,
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trade between many countries around the world and the skills to build multi-story buildings, tunnels and bridges.
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The following is some background to Oscar Wilde, the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Oscar Wilde was born on the 16th of October 1854.
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His father was a surgeon and his mother was a journalist and poet.
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Wilde studied at Trinity College in Dublin and at Magdalene College in Oxford.
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After he graduated, he moved to London.
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While living in London, Oscar Wilde associated himself with many elite London artists.
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In 1881, he published his first collection of poetry titled Poems.
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Also in 1881, he travelled to the United States of America to deliver a series of lectures on the philosophy of aesthetics.
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The concept of aesthetics is something you need to understand in your studying of this novel.
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What is the concept of aesthetics?
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Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that deals with questions about what is considered beautiful and questions about what is artistically tasteful.
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In the next slide, I would like to note some of the similarities between Victorian society
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and some of the instances and the characters in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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The Victorian era was an era of covers.
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A person's reputation became their primary interest and priority.
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The Victorian era was when the image of the English gentleman was formed.
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An English gentleman is a man who is well-mannered, well-educated and well-dressed.
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As people began to care more about their reputation, a lot of hypocrisy was the result.
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People began to hide their darkest desires and their misdeeds while presenting a respectable face to the public.
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This is exactly what we will encounter with the character of Dorian Gray, as he lands up doing just the same.
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The idea of hiding one's true self from society highlights one of the main themes in the picture of Dorian Gray,
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which is appearance vs reality.
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In the novel, the following themes appear.
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Beauty and youth, appearance vs reality, art, morality or good vs evil, and class relations.
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Keep these themes and what occurrences in the novel illustrate each of these themes in mind.
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This will help you in your answering any potential essay questions.
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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu B1 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “'The Picture of Dorian Gray': An Introduction” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: novel, Victorian, era, Gray, upper. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 73 cümle ve 978 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 8:23 sürüyor. Konuşmacı dakikada yaklaşık 117 kelimelik dengeli bir hızla konuşuyor; gölgeleme için rahat bir tempo. Kelimelerin %83’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında; geri kalanına başlamadan önce bakmakta fayda var.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodaki en ileri düzey 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| aesthetics isim | /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/ | estetik |
| banker isim | /ˈbæŋkəː/ | bankacı |
| gentleman isim | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | efendi, beyefendi |
| presentation isim | /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/ | sunma, takdim |
| aspire fiil | /əˈspaɪɚ/ | isteklenmek, heveslenmek |
| nobility isim | /noʊˈbɪlɪti/ | soyluluk |
| shopkeeper isim | /ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/ | dükkâncı, mağazacı |
| sickly sıfat | /ˈsɪkli/ | hastalıklı |
| sewage isim | /ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/ | lağım, atık su |
| similarity isim | /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/ | benzerlik |
| hypocrisy isim | /hɪˈpɑkɹəsi/ | ikiyüzlülük |
| confuse fiil | /kənˈfjuːz/ | karıştırmak |
| respectable sıfat | [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩] | saygıdeğer, saygın |
| firstly zarf | /ˈfɜɹstli/ | ilk, önce |
| rigid sıfat | /ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/ | katı, sert |
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli | were made · were often overcrowded · were malnourished |
| İlgi cümlecikleri who / which + cümle — bir kişi ya da şey hakkında ek bilgi | people who earned · Cars, which is · man who is |
| En üstünlük the -est / the most … — bir grubun en üstü ya da en altı | the most powerful · their darkest |
| “will” ile gelecek will + fiil — bir karar, söz ya da tahmin | will learn · will encounter · will help |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
- “th” sesleri: aesthetics /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/, breakthrough /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: perception /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, shopkeeper /ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/, sanitation /ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: artistically /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkli/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, nobility /noʊˈbɪlɪti/, sanitation /ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən/, similarity /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/
Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:
- /w/ — dudaklar yuvarlak, /v/ değil: upward /ˈʌpwɚd/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/
- Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, drainage /ˈdɹeɪnəd͡ʒ/, breakthrough /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/, slide /ˈslaɪ̯d/
- /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: banker /ˈbæŋkəː/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, sanitation /ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən/, similarity /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/, lastly /ˈlæstli/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- Normal hızda cümle cümle tekrar edin; ritminiz konuşmacıyla aynı olana kadar her cümleyi yineleyin.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; aesthetics, banker, gentleman gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
Gölgeleme Tekniği Nedir?
Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.