Oscar Wilde (16. October 1854. – 30. November 1900.

 Irish poet and playwright

 Until he was nine, he was educated at home
 First he cotinued education on Trinity College and after joined the
Apollo Masonic Lodge at Oxford
 He had been publishing lyrics and poems in magazines since entering
Trinity College
 in mid-1887. he became the editor of The Woman's World
 Shorter fiction: The Happy Prince and Other Tales, Lord Arthur Savile's
Crime and Other Stories, A House of Pomegranates (1888.)
 Essays and dialogues: The Soul of Man under Socialism, The Decay of
Lying, and The Critic as Artist (1889.)
 Theatrical career: 1892.–95. - Salomé, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman
of No Importance, An Ideal Husband
THE HAPPY PRINCE

 Fairytale

 Place of action: square and

street of an unnamed city

 Time of action: transition

from fall to winter one year
in the 19th century
Characters
 The Happy Prince – crowned with sacrifice and love for his friend and
citizens

 Swallow - crowned with his love and loyalty to his friend, and the
extraordinary courage and determination to help the poor and with the
greatest sacrifice
THE SELFISH GIANT
 Fairytale

 Place of action: Giant’s

garden

 Time of action: unknown

Characters:
 The selfish giant - selfish, greedy, intolerant; lastly,
tolerant, selfless and willing to share everything

 Kids – harmless and playful, forgive his greed and

insanity, and they go back to his garden to play
Literature:
 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30120/30120-
h/30120-h.htm (13.3.2019.)