Fans, in particular, tend to forget that their favorite artist is actually performing a job, and that their job is strategically planned out by the industry that they work under.

This could be helpful for Serena's paper. Stan Lee has moved from writing the comics, to being featured in the movies based his work.

K-pop would fall into this category.

I find it interesting that new forms of media are bound by "old" contracts. You would think that the creation of a new form would bring about a unique contract.

BTS is known for being very political by tackling several different issues in their music. They say that their goal is to express the feelings of the youth regarding the world around them.

I think idea would apply to Serena's paper. We have discussed the transition of comic books into the movie industry, and how that many be the reason behind Stan Lee's authorship just now being questioned.

The South Korean music celebrities are called idols.

In South Korea, there are entertainment companies that scout out and hold auditions for people who, if expected into the company, will become trainees for future k-pop groups. These trainees are placed into groups that work for many years until they are deemed ready to debut. Even after a group debuts, they many never take off, since the competition of k-pop groups is so large.

In the American culture, white orchids represent innocence, and in Asian cultures, they represent death.

Every moment is vital, yet Dorian is wasting time by reading a book.

Dorian has become exactly like Lord Henry.

Yet, Dorian's sins are being concealed in his portrait that he keeps locked away.

All of Dorian's ever changing interests were just ways to detract himself from the corruption of his own soul.

Did Lord Henry try to influence Dorian to model the main character of this book?

The whole idea of Dorian noticing that his portrait has changed reminds me of a scene in BTS's music video for their song, "Blood, Sweat, and Tears." The concept of this video is based on the story of "Demian". In the last shot of the of the video, Jin, who represents Sinclair, is looking at his reflection in a mirror. His reflected face begins to crack, representing the loss of innocence and youth, as well as giving into temptation.

This reminds me of when Dorian first saw his portrait.

Is this why celebrities are such a huge phenomenon?

I follow a Korean music group, called BTS, that used 화양연화 as the title for one of their album. 화양연화, pronounced hwayang-yeonhwa, means "the most beautiful moment of a flower". BTS interpreted the phase to mean, "the most beautiful moment in life", or youth. I like seeing that same reference being used in this story.

This reminds me of "Demian". In this story, a boy named Sinclair learns, while growing up, that it is okay to enjoy things that are considered to be evil.

This reminds me of Wilde's mask quote.

So far, both Dorian and Lord Henry have a form of influence over others. Will it be found out later on that Basil too has a share in this power? Or is Basil really the only person effected by these men?

The verb i am picking out of this quotation is "shine". In relation to the key words "textual responses", this quote from Byron illustrates that he was aware and was excited about the amount of attention, in the physical form of letters, his work was getting.

Academic English. Boudoirs could be replaces with bedrooms.

Key words. Related to the Byronic hero, which we have talked about numerous times by now.

Academic English. Alternative wording: through he flirtation of his poems.

I view "textual responses" as keywords to the paragraph as well as academic english. This could have been written as "written responses" or "letters or response".

I believe that this sentence is the main claim of the paragraph. The claim is stating that Byron was captivated by his readers responses to his work. He was aware of his fame, and worked with his fame to maintain his popularity.

Just like a pond covered by thin ice, the hardest of hearts are still thawed underneath an icy exterior.

Byron could be referring to the English society at the time. It was politically correct to keep personal business/mistakes/dark desires hidden from public knowledge..

In reference to his personal life, Byron could be talking about his "sinful" behavior. He saw himself as evil, and without being able to be changed.

It was a heroic act to publish poems involving the deep topics that Byron wrote about. At this point in time it was sort of tabooed to talk about one's struggles.

Understandably, Byron was scared about having all of his inner most thoughts and feelings available for everyone to read and critique.

Bryon's poems "want" to be remember by their words and meanings alone, not as the brilliant works of Byron.

Byron was able to be completely himself in Greece. Returning to London brought him back to reality. He was forced to face his debt. Byron was also pressured to conform to the social norms and rules.

I think that Byron was with so many women, because he wanted to be able to take control of both sex and women. These were things Byron lacked control over when he was being abused as a child.