Text 2 – The Picture of Dorian Gray Questions 35 to 40The Picture of Dorian Gray, moral fantasy novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, published in an early form in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine in 1890. The novel, the only one written by Wilde, had six additional chapters when it was released as a book in 1891. An archetypal tale of a young man who purchases eternal youth at the expense of his soul, the work is a romantic exposition of Wilde’s own Aestheticism. The story begins in the art studio of Basil Hallward, who is discussing a current painting with his witty and amoral friend Lord Henry Wotton. Henry thinks that the painting, a portrait of an extraordinarily beautiful young man, should be displayed, but Basil disagrees, fearing that his obsession with the portrait’s subject, Dorian Gray, can be seen in the work. Dorian then arrives, and he is fascinated as Henry explains his belief that one should live life to the fullest by indulging one’s impulses. Henry also points out that beauty and youth are fleeting, and Dorian declares that he would give his soul if the portrait were to grow old and wrinkled while he remained young and handsome. Basil gives the painting to Dorian. From: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Picture-of-Dorian-Gray-novel-by-Wilde. Accessed on 10/15/2025 (PMM/URCA 2025) The clause “beauty and youth are fleeting” functions as:

(PMM/URCA 2025) The clause “beauty and youth are fleeting...

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(PMM/URCA 2025) The clause “beauty and youth are fleeting” functions as:

The subject of the main clause.

The object of the main clause.

The main clause itself.

A dependent clause.

An adverbial clause.