... other than for pleasure, but Wilde worked to disprove this idea. Through the three main characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde expressed his views on art in very different ways. Basil Hallward, an artist, supported the aestheticism movement while talking of his painting of Dorian Gray. Hallward's portrait of Gray was remarkable in the sense that it was beautiful, but it also revealed a little about the painter because ... through Hallward by expressing his disgust in the Victorian Era's lack of appreciation for the beauty of his work/art. Another main character, Lord Henry Wott...

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