Oscar WildeBeauty is not subjective. It's one of the only things in the world that cannot be denied. Either things are beautiful or they are not. The art is beautiful. Art is not always meant to be interpreted, sometimes you just need to admire it for its beauty, not for what it means. Oscar Wilde, an Irish writer best known for his book The Picture of Dorian Gray and for writing plays like The Importance of Being Earnest, wrote this and almost based the book mentioned above on the ideal that beauty doesn't have to mean more than just beauty. I feel like Oscar Wilde's greatest strength is his play on words and his frequent use of caricature which really enlivens what he writes. He lived in the Victorian era, when art was meant to be used to teach and influence the mind of society. So, in writing the book The Picture of Dorian Gray, he set out to prove an important point and a contradiction to the times he was in. alive, as well as the way he uses Dorian's two best friends to show the hideousness of the bigotry he lived under, since he was arrested and imprisoned for being gay. Oscar Wilde's use of irony, foil and symbolism truly depicts his utter disgust towards the times he lived in rebelling and contradicting the use of art as a tool and the intolerance that existed within it. 'surrounded in the Victorian era. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. He is widely known for the previously mentioned book and for numerous plays. Wilde won numerous awards, including the Newdigate Prize for the best composition in English verse by an Oxford undergraduate. At the time he published the book The Picture of Dorian Gray it was heavily criticized due to the fact that it lacked the sense of "morality" that was in the middle of the paper......they saw his watch on the wrist of this old wrinkled corpse. The symbolism of the painting goes well beyond its aging. Since the art of Wilde's time was supposed to mean so much more when it didn't need to, the art could not be admired for its true beauty. After Dorian wished to remain young while his painting grew old, IT became meaningless, IT became what Wilde considered true art, and painting, contradictory as it may seem, now meant much more than mere beauty. This signified all of Dorian's sins and misdeeds. This represented all of Dorian's loathing, and now Dorian no longer meant anything, he became an art. It made no sense. I will finish soon Ms. Reed, sorry for the late work, it has been difficult to keep up with school with what is going on at home, I apologize very much and I hope you enjoyed reading the roughest of my drafts . Max Herrera