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1.) incorrigible - (adj.) not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform (dictionary.com)

"'Isn't he incorrigible?' cried Dorian, leaning forward in his chair" (Wilde 183).

2.) oblivion - (n.) the state of being completely forgotten or unknown (dictionary.com)

"There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion - dens of horror, where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new" (189).
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1.) "He himself could not help wondering at the calm of his demeanor, and for a moment felt keenly the terrible pleasure of a double life" (179).

This quote comes at the beginning of chapter fifteen. It is used in relation to his murder of Basil. An act as terrible as murder would be punished pretty harshly. If anyone discovered Dorian's murder of Basil, that could mean trouble for him. On the inside, his sin churns within, but he actively seeks to appear calm on the outside, as to remain unsuspecting. In Dorian's seeming youth, no one would expect him to be capable of such a hideous act as murder. His calm demeanor on the outside would further mask his identity. However, Dorian could not conceal his sin forever. He already told it to Adam Campbell, and he is likely to tell others of what Dorian did. In that way, there is not much to be achieved by concealment when he is framed to be discovered. Dorian also seeks to right the wrong he had committed, not because he cared about Basil or other's opinions, but to relieve the burden on himself that weighed him down when he tired to pacify himself. Dorian is clearly a Hedonist, all he seeks in life is pure pleasure. In order to be cured of his wrongful actions, he will first have to drop Hedonism and realize the flaws that it contains. It was through Hedonism that he sought pleasure. In spreading the empty message of Hedonism, he only ended up making a mess of many people's lives and earned himself a poor reputation that was beyond repair.

2.) "Dim and wavering as was the wind-blown light, yet it served to show him the hideous error, as it seemed, into which he had fallen, for the face of the man he had sought to kill had all the bloom of boyhood, all the unstained purity of youth" (196).

This quote comes in when James Vane finds Dorian. Some women were looking at Dorian, and he paid them to look away. After one of them called him prince charming, James Vane, who happened to be present, took notice. With the death of Sybil, James Vane swore revenge on Dorian, whose care Sybil was in. This quote is Dorian's defence. He simply asked how many years it was since Sybil died, and had James look at his face and see that it was in fact too young to have been around that long ago. In this case, Dorian's pleasure saved him. Through his good looks, Dorian receives much pleasure, as people find him young and attractive. Yet, the fact that he was good looking only encouraged him to act wrongly though, since others may regard him by his beauty and not by his actions. Dorian was horribly mistaken his entire life about that notion, but this time, it saved him. However, Dorian would be better off to die now. Dorian would die seemingly innocent. He would not have to carry the burden of his murder of Basil anymore and he would die only known for what wrongdoing people knew he had committed. He would not die with everyone knowing that he was a murderer and thus hated by everyone for it. Also, if he died when he was discovered by James Vane, Dorian's strangling influence would be over, and he and everyone would be at peace for it.