The Picture of Dorian Gray Lesson Plan

The Faustian Bargain

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will research and write about the Faustian legend through one interpretation of the story.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2

Structure:

The Picture of Dorian Gray is but one work in a large field of art inspired by the classic German legend, in which the highly successful Dr. Faust, bored with having received everything to which he aspired, makes a pact with the Devil to exchange his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasure. In the original rendition, Faust becomes irrevocably corrupted and is dragged off to Hell at the end of his life. (This...