Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde

Born
16 October 1854
Dublin, Ireland

Died 30 November
1900 (aged 46)
Paris, France
Buried Père Lachaise Cemetery
Occupation  Author
 poet
 playwright

Language English, French, Greek

Alma mater  Trinity College Dublin
 Magdalen
xford
College, O
Period Victorian era
Genre Epigram, drama,
short story, criticism,
journalism
Literary movement  Aesthetic movement
 Decadent movement

Notable works  The Picture of Dorian

Gray
 The Importance of Be
ing Earnest

Spouse Constance Lloyd

​
​
(m. 1884; died 1898)​
Children  Cyril Holland
 Vyvyan Holland

Parents  Sir William Wilde

(father)
 Jane, Lady Wilde
(mother)
Relatives  Willie Wilde
(brother)
 Merlin Holland
(grandson)
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The moral of "The Nightingale and the Rose“

The moral of this story is that the world is full of people who Materialism: A desire for wealth and
know much and understand little. They cannot appreciate true material possessions with little interest in
love and beauty, and put all their faith in practical things ethical or spiritual matters.
instead.
** Matter is only reality

Talking Plants: Rationality: The state of having good

Wilde uses anthropomorphism throughout the story to sense and sound judgement
create a fairy-tale landscape in which animals and
elements of the natural world speak and act like humans Rationality certainly creates materialism
—something that invites readers to suspend their disbelief if it is not fortified with emotion.
and revisit their assumptions about the differences
between humans and nature.
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Literary Devices:

Allusions :
In literature, an allusion is an unexplained reference to someone or something outside
of the text. Writers commonly make references to other literary works, famous individu
als, historical events, or philosophical ideas.

"The Nightingale and the Rose" has clear allusions to Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale "The
Nightingale." Published in 1843

Anthropomorphism : Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics,

emotions, and behaviors to animals or other non-human things (including objects, plants, and
supernatural beings)

Irony :
Dramatic irony is a plot device often used in theater, literature, film, and television to hi
ghlight the difference between a character's understanding of a given situation, and tha
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Reading and discussion pg- 41 ,42
Important Word Meanings:

1.hyacinth- a red transparent zircon

2.heed- attention
3.set forth- to elaborate
4. throng-gather
5.cynic-someone who is critical of others Anthropomorphism
6.soar- to fly upwards
7.lit-light- to settle
8.spray-flower in a single branch

Q “Here indeed the true lover.” – Who said this? Who is the
true lover here?
Allusion
Q How does the Nightingale elaborate true love?
Q. “It may not be purchased of merchants, nor can it be
weighed out in the balance of gold.”-Explain
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Pg- 42
Q.In
"The Nightingale and the Rose" why was the young stu
dent sad?
Q. In Oscar Wilde's "The Nightingale and the Rose
", what did the nightingale do to help the student?

“The Nightingale understood the secret of the

student’s sorrow, and she sat silent in the Oak-tree,
and thought about the mystery of love. “

Struggle of the
Nightingale to get a
red rose for true
loveS of the
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Pg-43,44
“Love is wiser than Philosophy , though
Theme of love, she is wise , and mightier than power,
The story unveils the unconditional and selfless love of the nightingale who though he is mighty.”
sacrifices her life on behalf of love. It shows that true love needs sacrifices
and commitment. Further, the hollowness of the conditional love is explored
through the character of the young student and his fiancée.

Reason vs. passion

Reasoning belongs to logic and education where as passion goes with
strong emotions. Through the character of the young student, the reader
can explore an immature character whose drive to passion is swift and his
analytics about the situation which he was in is rather pessimistic.

Education 10.heather- low evergreen grown

11.ebb away-flow back
The writer seems critical about the contemporary education which 12.pang-a sudden sharp feelings
nourished more head than the heart. It reveals that theoretical education 13.girdle- a ring like structure
creates an unbalanced individual. It further says the necessity of aesthetic
14.choke- struggle for breath
values to nourish emotional and humanistic values in people.
15.cavern- any large dark enclosed
space
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Human hypocrisy and deceit

Through the character of the young student and his
fiancée, writer introduces duality and deceitfulness in
people. Though the young man craves for a red rose, his
necessity is driven by his passion not by the true love.
Whereas the girl breaks her promise before materialistic
gains showing her deceitfulness and hypocrisy.

“Louder and louder grew her song, for she sang of the birth of passion
in the soul of a man and a maid.”
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Pg-44,45

In “The Nightingale and the Rose” by Oscar Wilde, the nightingale symbolizes goodness,
virtue, and sacrifice, while the rose stands for true love and true art. Explain.

How would you describe the young girl in Oscar Wilde's "The
Nightingale and the Rose"?

What truth about true love is presented in "The Nightingale and

the Rose?"
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In "The Nightingale and the Rose," how does the s

tudent come to
realise
the reality of love through the support of the Nigh
tingale?
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