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Oscar Wilde
The Picure of Dorian Gray tells the story of a rich, beautiful young man
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he will sacrifice his soul if he can maintain his youth and beauty, while the portrait itself will bear all the signs of time
the fact that he remains young and beautiful, while the image in the portrait, which is hidden away, becomes old and uguly, bearing all the signs of Dorian's sins
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overtly proclaimed beauty as the unique purpose of art and life, and discarded bougeois morality with contempt
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Wilde's is a highly, if misunderstood, moral novel
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on 16 Octorber 1853 in Dublin and died on 30 Novembrer 1900
he went on to study at Trinity College, Dublin
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based on the principles of Aestheticism: art is neither moral nor immortal, it has no moral purpose, but beauty in itself is a supreme value
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uses dialogue to revealo his characters' personalities and the main symbolic element is the portrait, which represents Dorian's conscience and his real self
