... he occupies a great place in the intellectual stature of the nineteenth century. The Picture of Dorian Gray is ranked among the most prominent examples of aestheticism in the nineteenth century literature, with its protagonist Dorian Gray and Lord Henry's aesthetic lifestyles. This essay's purpose is an interpretation of the philosophy and ideas of Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray ... who is able to differentiate his soul from his body, expresses something that he has not believed in during his whole life, allowing art to be 'a moral beacon that guides character' (Sanyal, ...

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