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September 10, 2025International Journal of Educational Development

Beauty Without Consequence: A Reflection of Late-Victorian Upper-Class Privilege in the Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde

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YSYosep B Margono SlametMFMaria Febrianti

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Overview

Cultural materialism unveils hedonistic behaviors and moral immunity in late-Victorian aristocracy.

Key Points

  • Wilde critiques upper-class privilege through Dorian's isolation of his portrait and hedonistic lifestyle.
  • Dorian symbolizes the aristocracy's ability to evade social consequences while maintaining ideals of beauty.
  • Close reading of chapters eight and nine reveals themes of moral hypocrisy and social denial in the text.
  • Wilde's novel acts as both a reflection of and commentary on the class structures of late-Victorian England.

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Slamet et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1a13a54b1d3bfb60dcaeahttps://doi.org/10.61132/ijed.v2i3.365
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