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ThePictureofDorianGrayOscarWildeOscarWildeOscarWildewasanIrishplaywright,poetandauthorofnumerousshortstoriesandonenovel.Andhewastheadvocateofaestheticisminthelate19thcentury.Toliveistherarestthingintheworld.Mostpeopleexist,thatisall.活着是珍贵的，大多数人只是存在，仅此而已。BriefIntroductionThePictureofDorianGrayistheonlypublishednovelwrittenbyOscarWilde.It’safableabouttherelationshipbetweenbodyandsoul.MainCharacters•DorianGray–ahandsomeandnarcissisticyoungmanwhobecomesenthralledwithLordHenry'sideaofanewhedonism.Hebeginstoindulgeineverykindofpleasure,moralandimmoral.MainCharacters•LordHenry–animperiousanddecadentdandywhoisafriendtoBasilinitially,butleadDoriandownapathofcorruptionandevil.MainCharacters•BasilHallward–anartistwhobecomesinfatuatedwithDorian.DorianhelpsHallwardrealizehisartisticpotential,asBasil'sportraitofDorianprovestobehisfinestwork.AdevoutChristianwithconservativevalues,heislatermurderedbyGray.PlotThenoveltellsofayoungmannamedDorianGray,thesubjectofapaintingbyartistBasilHallward.BasilisimpressedbyDorian'sbeautyandbecomesinfatuatedwithhim,believinghisbeautyisresponsibleforanewmodeinhisart.DorianmeetsLordHenryWotton,afriendofBasil's,andbecomesenthralledbyLordHenry'sworldview.Plot•Realizingthatonedayhisbeautywillfade,DorianexpressesadesiretosellhissoultoensuretheportraitBasilhaspaintedwouldageratherthanhimself.•Dorian'swishcomestrue.Heplunginghimselfintodebauchedacts.Theportraitservesasareminderoftheeffecteachacthasuponhissoul,witheachsindisplayedasadisfigurementofhisform,orthroughasignofaging.Plot•BasilfoundDorian’ssecretandhetriestomakehimrepent,butDoriankillshim.•FinallyDoriandestroysthepainting,whentheservantsenter,theyseetheportraitastheonewhenitwasnew,andahorrible,old,uglymanlyingdeadonthefloor.ShortComment•ThePictureofDorianGraysuccinctlysetsforththetenetsofWilde’sphilosophyofart.Devotedtoaschoolofthoughtandamodeofsensibilityknownasaestheticism,Wildebelievedthatartpossessesanintrinsicvalue—thatitisbeautifulandthereforehasworthanddoesnotneedtoserveanyotherpurpose,beitmoralorpolitical.