What is the moral of The Picture of Dorian Gray?

What is the moral of The Picture of Dorian Gray? Wilde wrote: “And the moral is this: All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment. The painter, Basil Hallward, worshipping physical beauty far too much, as most painters do, dies by the hand of one in whose soul he has created a … Continue reading What is the moral of The Picture of Dorian Gray?