This essay's purpose is an interpretation of the philosophy and ideas of Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray. ... The picture in The picture of Dorian Gray symbolizes at the same time Basil and Dorian's hidden souls. ... However Arnold 'is optimistic that some may pursue beyond the immediately pleasurable and act to perfect themselves both morally and intellectually' and Dorian fails in displaying a 'pursuit of intellectual perfection' (Duggan, 2008, p.66). ... And it was, under his influences that Wilde illustrated the relationship between moral values and art in The Pictur...

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