OnCharactersin“thePictureofDorianGray”——AnInterpretationofOscarWilde’【Abstract】OscarWildeasoneofthemostdistinguishedaesthetesoverpowerstheEnglishworldwithhisscintillatingaddressandwritingonaestheticism.Especiallyin“thepictureofDorianGray”,theonlynovelinhislifetime,Wildepaintsapictureinwhichhisbrilliantaestheticcreedsfindtheirfullexpression.Throughtheanalysesofthreemaincharactersinvolvedinthenovel,thethesisattemptstoexploretheessentialsofWilde’saesthetictheoriesandofferaneasyapproachtoreaders’furtherunderstandingoftheIrishwit.【Keywords】aestheticism;hedonism;narcissism;dandyism;cynicism;sensibility;paradoxInpubliceyes,hebelongsto“thealternativesociety”.Hisquaintstyleofdressing,trenchantwitandeloquence,aestheticbeliefof“artforart’ssake”andsexualorientationmakeamysteryofhim.Inhislifetime,discussionoverhisliteraryworksandprivateliferemainsintentamongthereadingpublic.Andmanyyearsafterhisdeath,hismysticresplendentcharm,insteadofbeingeffacedbythelapseoftime,begantoassertitselfandgainedincreasingadmirationfrommoreopen-mindedgenerations.TheappealemanatedfromwithintheIrishwitissoenduringthatevenwhenWinstonChurchillisaskedwithwhomheprefersmosttotalkifchancepermits,theworldlyacknowledgedmasteroflanguageofferedthenamewithoutanyhesitation.ThenamefallsonnoneotherthanOscarWilde.AsastaunchadvocatefortheaestheticmovementwhichdevelopedinBritainduringthelatenineteenthcenturyasaprotestagainsttheprevailingindustrialemphasison“theuseful”orutilitarianism,OscarWildeimpressestheworldprimarilywithhisamazingpoweroflanguageinpresentinghisaestheticthoughtsandtheories.Pervadinginhisliteraryworksareepigrammicwit,amusingironyandparadoxicalquoteswithhumorousskepticismandcynicalcharm.Especiallyin“thepictureofDorianGray”,hisonlynovel,Wildeinstillshimselfandhisaestheticdoctrinesintothethreecharactersinvolvedinsuchatactfulwaythatthebookhassincebecomeoneofhismostcelebratedworks,abrilliantexampleofhispowerasastorytellerandofhisflamboyantwitasanaestheticwriter.Thethreecharactersinquestion,DorianGray,ay