The answer to the question :
Which of these Victorian beliefs did Oscar Wilde openly challenge? is :
C . Artists should use their work as a call for social reform .
"A Wedding Gift," the narrator's tone is serious.
<span>"...the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart."
This is the statement made directly after Victor succeeds in bringing the "monster" to life. He realizes that the possibility he had imagined, now a reality, is more than he can bear. It IS "horror" and "disgusting" now that it is alive. He has created a monster.</span>