... novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray", there is a list of many guidelines which he proposes dealing with art and such topics. The first of these items listed is stating that "The artist is the creator of beautiful things." (p 41) . Ironically, in the novel which follows, Wilde does not follow his own guideline, contradicting his own statement. The events which occur as a result of an expression of art, display ... that an artist is not only capable of creating beauty, but also of creating ugliness and evil. Basil Hallward is an artist who paints a portrait of the young and beautiful Dorian...

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... 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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The article on Barbershop is the perfect example to describe what Oscar Wilde meant in The Preface to The picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde writes, "criticism is a mode of autobiography"(11), this means that the view and interpretation of art comes from ones own personal experiences. That if someone were to read into art and try to find a message it is their own view and own message ... if not taught otherwise. The filmmakers certainly are not to blame for that. It is not the filmmakers" job to teach or inform, only to entertain. The movie is a work of art and therefore should be appreciated as s...

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