王尔德被称为唯美主义，但他的作品却不乏对社会深刻的观察，譬如，他在《道林·格雷的画像》中借亨利爵士之口，对一种流行的理想所作的评论，至今也尚未失去价值：“流行的理想是全知全能。但全知全能的头脑却是个可怕的东西，像一家小摆设商店，满是灰尘和怪物，每一件东西 Wilde was called aestheticism, but his works lacked deep insight into the society. For example, in his account of Sir Henry’s portrayal of Dorian Gray in his portrait of the popular ideal, Has not lost its value: "The popular ideal is omniscience omnipotence, but omniscient omnipotent mind is a terrible thing, like a small shop, full of dust and monsters, every thing