The Nightingale

& The rose

By: Oscar Wilde
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 TABLE OF CONTENT
Author & Plot Character
1 Work 2 summary 3 analysis

4 Setting
5 Themes 6 Point of view

Figurative Students'
7 language 8 response
 01
Author
and work
 I.Author's biography
1. Introduction
2. Life events - Education, Family &
Career Achievements
3. Life events - His Scandals & Trials
4. Life events - His Old Age &
Failures
Oscar Wilde 5. Some Literary Works
(16/10/1854 - 30/11/1900)
THE NIGHTINGALE
AND THE ROSE
 Brief introduction
YEAR PUBLISHED LITERARY PERIOD

In 1888 Aestheticism

GENRE TITLE
indicate the narrative is a
Fairy tale, short story, fairy-tale
satire a hidden symbolism behind
Reading Time
Who are the main and minor
characters in this story?
Who are the main and minor characters in this story?
 Who are the main and minor characters in this story?

Main characters:
1. The Student
2. The nightingale
3. The Professor’s daughter
4. The red rose tree
 Who are the main and minor characters in this story?

Main characters: Minor characters:

1. The Student 1. The oak tree
2. The nightingale 2. Three animals: The green
3. The Professor’s daughter Lizard, the butterfly, and the
4. The red rose tree daisy
3. Two other rose trees: white
rose, yellow rose
 Plot
02 summary
“The Nightingale and the Rose” is an allegory
of the moral decay and materialism of the age.
 PLOT DIAGRAM
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BEGINNING MIDDLE CONCLUSION

 2.1. Exposition
Necessary information is introduced
The main setting of the story: The Student’s garden
Three main characters:
The Nightingale
The Student
The Professor’s Daughter.
The Nightingale’s home:
[2]“From her nest in the holm-oak tree”
 2.1. Exposition
Necessary information is introduced
The Student’s appearance and social status:
[4] “I have read all that the wise men have written.”
[8] “His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red
as the rose of his desire; but passion has made his lace like pale
Ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon his brow.”
The Professor’s Daughter is graceful
[9] “She will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand will
be clasped in mine.”
 2.1. Exposition
Sudden event
The Prince held a ball
“The Prince gives a ball to-morrow night”
The main problem of the story → by using a flashback
Having a red rose
[3] “No red rose in all my garden!”
 2.2. Conflict

EXTERNAL CONFLICT INTERNAL CONFLICT

Physical conflict Psychological conflict
Social conflict
 2.2. Conflict
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
a. Physical conflict
The conflict between the Student and the nature
[5] “yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.”
[1] “but in all my garden there is no red rose.”
 2.2. Conflict
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
a. Physical conflict
The conflict between the Student and the nature
[5] “yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.”
[1] “but in all my garden there is no red rose.”
[31] “But the winter has chilled my veins, and the frost has nipped
my buds, and the storm has broken my branches, and I shall have
no roses at all this year.”
⇒ clarify the true personality of the Nightingale and the Student
 2.2. Conflict
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
b. Social conflict
The conflict between the Nightingale and other animals
The other animals criticized the reason for the Student’s weeping
[20] “how very ridiculous!”
⇒ Their views are opposite to the Nightingale thought on Love.
[21]“But 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.”
 2.2. Conflict
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
b. Social conflict
The conflict between the Nightingale and other animals
⇒ a contrast view between the shallow-minded ordinary people and the
awareness of hidden beauty.
⇒ how cold, ignorant and scornful judgement on Love of the ordinary
mass of people in Victorian society.
 2.2. Conflict
INTERNAL CONFLICT
a. Psychological conflict
The conflict between the Nightingale’s instinct and attempt to have
the red rose for the Student
⇒ make a decision between Death and Life
[37] “Death is a great price to pay for a red rose”
[38] “and Life is very dear to all”
 2.2. Conflict
INTERNAL CONFLICT
a. Psychological conflict
The Nightingale struggled to fight himself that states her great
sacrifice love to the Student.
[40] “Yet Love is better than Life”
[39] “It is pleasant to sit in the green wood, and to watch the
Sun in his chariot of gold, and the Moon in her chariot of
pearl. Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the
bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on
the hill.”
 2.3. Rising action
The Student cried when he was unable to have a red rose
Only the Nightingale understood the hidden meaning of
→
“having a red rose” she decided to help him
 2.3. Rising action
The Student cried when he was unable to have a red rose
Only the Nightingale understood the hidden meaning of
“having a red rose”→ she decided to help him
She went to three rose trees but none had a red rose except the
last one.
 2.3. Rising action
The Student cried when he was unable to have a red rose
Only the Nightingale understood the hidden meaning of
“having a red rose”→ she decided to help him
She went to three rose trees but none had a red rose except the
last one.
The red rose tree could not produce rose because of winter.
 2.3. Rising action
The Student cried when he was unable to have a red rose
Only the Nightingale understood the hidden meaning of
“having a red rose”→ she decided to help him
She went to three rose trees but none had a red rose except the
last one.
The red rose tree could not produce rose because of winter.
The conflict comes to a higher point when exposing the only
method to have a red rose is sacrificing Nightingale's life .
[34] “You must build it out of music by moonlight, and
stain it with your own heart's-blood.”
 2.4. Climax

The Nightingale sacrifices herself

[52] “Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and
wilder grew her song, for she sang of the Love that
is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in
the tomb.”
 2.4. Climax

As the bird grows weaker everything around her

responds to her last burst of music.
[53] “The white Moon heard it, and she forgot the
dawn, and lingered on in the sky.”
[55] “Echo bore it to her purple cavern in the hills,
and woke the sleeping shepherds from their
dreams.”
 2.4. Climax

The red rose hears the final cadences of the song and
[54] “it trembled all over with ecstasy” while the
Nightingale lay dead [56] “in the long grass, with the
thorn in her heart”
The student sees the rose, plucks it and takes it to the
Professor’s daughter.
 2.5. falling action
At last, the Student had a rose. However, the
professors’ daughter rejected to accept the red
rose.
First, she politely refused that the rose
would not go with her dress.
Then, she mentioned Chamberlain’s
nephew was more acceptable as he had
sent “real jewels”
 2.5. falling action
At last, the Student had a rose. However, the
professors’ daughter rejected to accept the red
rose.
The Student criticized the Professor’s
Daughter [60] “You are very ungrateful”
and betrayed the Nightingale in a most
bitter way.
He angrily threw away the red rose and
[61] “a cart-wheel went over it”.
 2.6. Resolution
The student concluded that love was not practical
and went back to read “a great dusty book”.

[63] “What a silly thing Love is”

[64] “It is not half as useful as Logic, for it does
not prove anything”
[65] “I shall go back to Philosophy and study
Metaphysics.”
 PLOT DIAGRAM
Death of the Nightingale and the birth of the rose. The Student gives the rose to the girl.

The Nightingale decides to sacrifice her life.

Refusal of the girl to accept the rose.
The Nightingale approaches 3 rose trees. The
final tree tells her the only way to get a red rose. She declares that the Chamberlain’s
nephew is more acceptable.
Animals in the garden are disdainful of
the weeping.
The Student throws away the rose
The Student weeps as he has no rose. and a cart crushes it under a wheel.
The Nightingale hears him.
Exposition Conclusion

Flashback: the girl has asked for a red rose The Student concludes that
Main characters: The Student, the Love is silly and goes back to
Nightingale, the Professor’s daughter the great dusty books of
Setting: The Student’s garden Metaphysics.
Reading QUIZ
 READING QUIZ

1. Which character trait does NOT apply to the Nightingale?

a. Selfish
b. Native
c. Concerned
d. Idealistic
 READING QUIZ

1. Which character trait does NOT apply to the Nightingale?

a. Selfish
b. Native
c. Concerned
d. Idealistic
 READING QUIZ

2. How do the other animals (except the Nightingale)

respond to the Student’s grief?
a. They are uninterested in his feelings.
b. They think that he is foolish.
c. They weep with him.
d. They have suffered similar pains in their lives.
 READING QUIZ

2. How do the other animals (except the Nightingale)

respond to the Student’s grief?
a. They are uninterested in his feelings.
b. They think that he is foolish.
c. They weep with him.
d. They have suffered similar pains in their lives.
 READING QUIZ
3. Why does the Student want a red rose so badly?
a. His mother is sick and only the petals from a red rose can heal
her.
b. He is going to a dance and he thinks that he will get noticed if he
wears a red rose.
c. A witch cast a spell on his lover and he needs a red rose to break
the curse.
d. The girl whom he likes says that she will dance with him for a red
rose.
 READING QUIZ
3. Why does the Student want a red rose so badly?
a. His mother is sick and only the petals from a red rose can heal
her.
b. He is going to a dance and he thinks that he will get noticed if he
wears a red rose.
c. A witch cast a spell on his lover and he needs a red rose to break
the curse.
d. The girl whom he likes says that she will dance with him for a red
rose.
 READING QUIZ

4. What does it cost the Nightingale to make a red rose?

a. His colors
b. His song
c. His life
d. His wings
 READING QUIZ

4. What does it cost the Nightingale to make a red rose?

a. His colors
b. His song
c. His life
d. His wings
 READING QUIZ
5. Which is the correct order of events?
a. The Oak-tree asks for one more song; the Nightingale makes a
rose; the Lizard laughs at the Student
b. The Lizard laughs at the Student; the Oak-tree asks for one more
song; the Nightingale makes a rose
c. The Nightingale looks for a rose; the Nightingale hears the
Student’s problem; the Student argues with the girl
d. The Student argues with the girl; the Student criticizes the
Nightingale’s song; the Nightingale looks for a rose
 READING QUIZ
5. Which is the correct order of events?
a. The Oak-tree asks for one more song; the Nightingale makes a
rose; the Lizard laughs at the Student
b. The Lizard laughs at the Student; the Oak-tree asks for one more
song; the Nightingale makes a rose
c. The Nightingale looks for a rose; the Nightingale hears the
Student’s problem; the Student argues with the girl
d. The Student argues with the girl; the Student criticizes the
Nightingale’s song; the Nightingale looks for a rose
 READING QUIZ

6. Why does the Professor’s daughter reject the rose?

a. It does not go with her dress.
b. She is allergic to roses.
c. She wanted a white rose.
d. There was a bee in the flower.
 READING QUIZ

6. Why does the Professor’s daughter reject the rose?

a. It does not go with her dress.
b. She is allergic to roses.
c. She wanted a white rose.
d. There was a bee in the flower.
 03
Character
analysis
 The
Nightingale
1. The nightingale:

Characterization:
Main character - Protagonist.
Round - Dynamic character.
 1. The nightingale:
Background: A female nightingale who has
been living on an oak tree for a time.

Appearance: A normal Nightingale with a

beautiful voice.
1. the nightingale:
Characteristics
A love worshiper:
She knows the value of love:
[40]Yet Love is better than Life.
[12]“Surely love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious
than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals… It may not be
purchased of the merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the
balance for gold.”
[42]“Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and
mightier than Power, though he is mighty.”
1. the nightingale:
1. the nightingale:

"A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love
will have no roses. To the world, you may be one person, but
to one person you may be the world."
- Dr. Seuss -

"Your Love is Better than Life"

- Psalm 63 -
1. the nightingale:
Characteristics
A love worshiper:
She knows the value of love:
She is ready to die for true love:
[37]“'Death is a great price to pay for a red rose,'”
1. the nightingale:
Characteristics
A love worshiper:
She knows the value of love:
She is ready to die for true love:
A love worshiper:
[6]“Here at last is a true lover,”
[7]“'Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not:
night after night have I told his story to the stars, and now I see
him”
1. the nightingale:
Characteristics
A love worshiper:
She knows the value of love:
She is ready to die for true love:
A love worshiper:
A kind, sacrificial, and determined existence:
1. the nightingale:
A kind, sacrificial, and determined existence:
[37]“Death is a great price to pay for a red rose,” cried the
Nightingale…
[40]Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird
compared to the heart of a man?”
[52]“The thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot
through her. Bitter bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder
grew her song… “Look, look!” cried the Tree, “the rose is
finished now;” but the Nightingale made no answer, for she was
lying dead in the long grass, with the thorn in her heart.”
1. the nightingale:
Characteristics
A love worshiper:
She knows the value of love:
She is ready to die for true love:
A love worshiper:
A kind, sacrificial, and determined existence:
A true singer:
1. the nightingale:
A true singer:
“So the Nightingale sang to the Oak-tree, and her voice was like
water bubbling from a silver jar.”
[23]“'Give me a red rose,' she cried, 'and I will sing you my sweetest
song.'”
[41]“'Be happy,' cried the Nightingale, 'be happy; you shall have
your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it
with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you
will be a true lover,”
1. the nightingale:
A true singer:
1. the nightingale:
A true singer:

"For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain."

- The Thorn Bird -
1. the nightingale:
Characteristics
A love worshiper:
She knows the value of love:
She is ready to die for true love:
A love worshiper:
A kind, sacrificial, and determined existence:
A true singer:

=> The symbol of love, art, sacrifice, and non-materialism.

The Young
student
ii. The young student:
Characterization:
Main character - Antagonist
Round - static character
Background: a young student, not a rich/
perhaps a poor man
[49]“he went into his room, and lay down on
his little pallet-bed”
ii. The young student:
 ii. The young student:
Appearance: a good looking guy
“His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom,
and his lips are red as the rose of his desire;
but passion has made his lace like pale Ivory,
and sorrow has set her seal upon his brow.”
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
[3]“Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read
all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of
philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made
wretched.”
[1]“but in all my garden there is no red rose.”
[57]“It is so beautiful that I am sure it has a long Latin name”
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
An impractical person:
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
An impractical person:
Knows little about love:
[9]“If I bring her a red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she
will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand will be clasped
in mine.”
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
An impractical person:
Knows little about love:
Young, and Inexperienced:
[43]“The Student looked up from the grass, and listened, but he
could not understand what the Nightingale was saying to him, for
he only knew the things that are written down in books.”
[63]“What a silly thing Love is,’ said the Student as he walked
away. ‘It is not half as useful as Logic, for it does not prove
anything… In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be
practical is everything,”
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
An impractical person:
Knows little about love:
Young, and Inexperienced:
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
An impractical person:
Knows little about love:
Young, and Inexperienced:
A judgemental person:
[45]“She has form… but has she got feeling? I am afraid
not… She is like most artists; she is all style without any
sincerity. She would not sacrifice herself for others.”
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
An impractical person:
Knows little about love:
Young, and Inexperienced:
A judgemental person:
Transparent, aggressive, ungrateful:
[60]“Well, upon my word, you are very ungrateful,’ said the
Student angrily; and he threw the rose into the street, where it
fell into the gutter, and a cart-wheel went over it.”
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
An impractical person:
Knows little about love:
Young, and Inexperienced:
A judgemental person:
Transparent, aggressive, ungrateful:
Reluctant to change himself:
[66]“So he returned to his room and pulled out a great
dusty book, and began to read.”
ii. The young student:
Characteristics
A smart, and logic-based man
An impractical person:
Knows little about love:
Young, and Inexperienced:
A judgemental person:
Transparent, aggressive, ungrateful:
Reluctant to change himself:

=> The symbol of logic and materialism

The professor's
daughter
iii. The professor's
daughter
Characterization:
Minor character - Antagonist
Flat - static character
Background: the daughter of the
professor, the girl that the young student
want to be with.
iii. The professor's
daughter
Characteristics:
Materialistic:
[58]“'I am afraid it will not go with
my dress”
[59]“the Chamberlain's nephew has
sent me some real jewels, and
everybody knows that jewels cost far
more than flowers.”
iii. The professor's
daughter
Characteristics:
Materialistic:
Polite but disdainful when needed:
[1] 'She said that she would dance with
me if I brought her red roses,'
[62]“after all, who are you? Only a
Student. Why, I don't believe you have
even got silver buckles to your shoes as
the Chamberlain's nephew has;”
 The red
rose tree
iv. The red rose tree
Characterization:
Minor character - Protagonist
Flat - static character

Background: A red rose tree. Because of

the harsh winter, it could not bloom this
year.

Characteristics:
Sympathetic: 'but it is so terrible that
I dare not tell it to you.'
iv. The red rose tree
An important symbol of the story - the symbol of true love:
The one who wants the red rose/love: must build it out of: [34][35][36]
Music by moonlight (beautiful voices/words),
Stain it with your own heart's-blood (emotion/sincerity),
You must sing to me with your breast against a thorn,... and the thorn
must pierce your heart (tolerance),
All night long you must sing to me (longevity),
Your life-blood must flow into my veins, and become mine
(understanding).

=> Factors of a true love

Participants
 v. participants
The Oak tree: the house of the nightingale
The Green lizard
The Butterfly: Curious about the reason why the young student was
crying
The Daisy: Curious about the reason why the young student was
crying
The white and yellow rose tree: together with the red rose tree, they
are brothers.
The Moon: “Then she gave one last burst of music. The white Moon
heard it, and she forgot the dawn, and lingered on in the sky”
 04
Setting
 Setting
1. Place
Set in a garden that is like in a
fairy tale

Animals and plants can speak

 Setting
1. Place
“From her nest in the holm-
oak tree”

“She passed through the

grove like a shadow, and like
a shadow she sailed across the
garden.”
Setting
2. Time
In the winter
[31]“But the winter has chilled my
veins, and the frost has nipped my
buds, and the storm has broken
my branches”
05
Themes
 Themes

1 3
Love Materialism

2 4
Sacrifice Intellectualism
LOVE
 LOVE

What the Student claims What inspires the Nightingale

to feel for the girl to sacrifice her life
 LOVE
The Student sees the girl
as ungrateful Love as a silly thing

[60]“Well, upon my word, [63] “What a silly thing

you are very ungrateful,” Love is,”

Narcissistic poring over his emotional state

 LOVE
The Student’s self-
absorption

The girl exchanging the

Student for a wealthier
lover
 LOVE
The Student’s self-
The Nightingale
absorption
a symbol of true
love
The girl exchanging the
[52]"Love that dies not in the
Student for a wealthier
tomb,"
lover
→ Proving the existence of
true love
Sacrifice
 Sacrifice
The student does not The nightingale
sacrifice anything >< sacrifices her life
for a red rose
 Sacrifice

The Nightingale does not get anything in return

Gives her blood to give the boy a red rose
 Sacrifice

Her decision to sacrifice her life (death)

→ Expression of selflessness
 Sacrifice

Her decision to sacrifice her life (death)

→ Expression of selflessness
→ "perfect" love can exist only in death because true love
requires selflessness
Materialism
 Materialism

The Enlightenment in Industrialization

the 18th century

Solving scientific, practical, and moral

problems with reason
 Materialism

The Girl The Student

Materialism Intellectualism
 Materialism
[59] “the Chamberlain’s nephew has sent me
some real jewels, and everybody knows that jewels
cost far more than flowers.”

[62] “I don’t believe you have even got silver

buckles to your shoes as the Chamberlain’s nephew
has”

→ Materialism overpowers love

Materialism
→ Love is easy to buy
Intellectualism
 Intellectualism

The Student loudly expressing his feelings

for the girl
→ Is more at ease with his studies than
with emotions
Intellectualism
 Intellectualism
[45] “She has form,' he said to himself, as he walked
away through the grove - 'that cannot be denied to
her; but has she got feeling? I am afraid not. In fact,
she is like most artists; she is all style, without any
sincerity. She would not sacrifice herself for others.
She thinks merely of music, and everybody knows
that the arts are selfish. Still, it must be admitted
that she has some beautiful notes in her voice. What
Intellectualism
a pity it is that they do not mean anything, or do any
practical good.”
 Intellectualism

→ The Student's intellectualism has

prevented him from seeing the world
clearly
[43] "only knows the things that are written
down in books,"
Intellectualism
 Intellectualism

cannot understand

Intellectualism [42] "Love is wiser than

Philosophy"
Intellectualism

The Girl The Student

Materialism Intellectualism

→ Intellectualism produces materialism

[59] "Everybody knows that jewels cost
far more than flowers."
 06
Point of view
 Point of view

- The story is narrated in the third-person point of view

-The author only reports facts and does not tell his
opinion
 07
Figurative
language
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

1 PERSONIFICATION 4 SIMILE

2 IRONY 5 HYPERBOLE

3 SYMBOLS
 PERSONIFICATION
Things are personified by attributing them human
traits.

E.g.
[24] “But the Tree shook its head.”
[13] “Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it,”
[53] “The white Moon heard it,”
 PERSONIFICATION
Common nouns are capitalized (the Student, the Professor,
Love, Power, the Nightingale, the Tree, etc.)
→ give them a fixed identity and personifying objects and
animals
E.g. [42]“... for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is
wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.”

brings about a fairytale-like aspect to story

 IRONY
the nightingale expects that her sacrifice will allow the Student
to be happy and will allow love between him and the girl, while
the Student only expects the happiness of the girl, which the
nightingale doesn’t really care for.

In the end, none of these things happened → the nightingale

died in vain

dramatic irony
 IRONY
The rose that the nightingale watered with blood was tossed
and thrown away in such an ease. [61] “… and he threw the rose
into the street, where it fell into the gutter, and a cartwheel went
over it.”

situational irony
 SYMBOLS

1 The red rose 4 The Princess

2 The Nightingale 5 The Oak-tree

6 The cart-wheel
3 The Student The Student’s
7 shoes
 Symbols
Symbols Meaning Example

symbolizes passionate - [3] “No red rose in all

love, a physical my garden!' he cried, and
THE representation of the his beautiful eyes filled
RED ROSE Student's affection for with tears. 'Ah, on what
the Professor's little things does
daughter. happiness depend!”
 Symbols
Symbols Meaning Example

- [34]“build it out of music by

moonlight, … with your own
represents art as it is the heart… with your breast
THE product of the against a thorn. All night long
RED ROSE Nightingale's beautiful you must sing to me … thorn
singing and her sacrifice must pierce your heart, and
your life-blood must flow into
my veins, and become mine.”
 Symbols
Symbols Meaning Example

- [52] “So the Nightingale

pressed closer against the thorn,
- symbolizes goodness and
and the thorn touched her heart,
virtue and sacrifice, because and a fierce pang of pain shot
THE
NIGHTINGALE
the nightingale sacrifices her through her. Bitter, bitter was
life so that the student can the pain, and wilder and wilder
grew her song, for she sang of
have the rose which he so
the Love that is perfected by
desperately desires Death, of the Love that dies not
in the tomb.”
 Symbols
Symbols Meaning Example

- [1]“She said that she

THE would dance with me if I
symbolizes naivety
STUDENT brought her red roses”
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Symbols Meaning Example

-[58] “I am afraid it will not

go with my dress,' she
answered; 'and, besides, the
THE
symbolizes materialism Chamberlain's nephew has
PRINCESS
sent me some real jewels, and
everybody knows that jewels
cost far more than flowers.”
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Symbols Meaning Example

-[43] “But the Oak-tree

understood, and felt sad, for
THE a symbol of true
he was very fond of the little
OAK-TREE friendship
Nightingale who had built her
nest in his branches.”
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Symbols Meaning Example

-[44]“Sing me one last song,'

he whispered; 'I shall feel
THE a representation of an
very lonely when you are
OAK-TREE appreciative audience
gone.”
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Symbols Meaning Example

-[61]“and he threw the rose

THE - symbolic of how little society into the street, where it fell
CARTWHEEL values love into the gutter, and a cart-
wheel went over it.”
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Symbols Meaning Example

-[62]’... after all, who are

you? Only a Student. Why,
THE I don't believe you have
- symbolic of his social status
STUDENT’S even got silver buckles to
and lack of wealth
SHOES your shoes as the
Chamberlain's nephew
has;”
 Simile
A. THE STUDENT’S HAIR
- [8] “His hair is dark as the hyacinth blossom, and his lips are
red as the rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like
pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon his brow.”

The description, “pale ivory” and “sorrow has set her

seal upon his brow,” conveys the transformative effect of
passion and sorrow on his appearance
 Simile
b. LOVE
- [12]“It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine
opals.”

establishes a relationship of value, highlighting the

extraordinary worth of love through the comparison with
valuable gemstones
 Simile
C. THE NIGHTINGALE
- [22] “She passed through the grove like a shadow, and like a
shadow she sailed across the garden.”

emphasizes the bird’s grace, subtlety, and fleeting nature;

reinforces the ethereal quality of the nightingale's
presence
 Simile
D. THE WHITE ROSE
- [25]“My roses are white," it answered; [26] "as white as the
foam of the sea, and whiter than the snow upon the mountain.”

emphasizes the purity and brightness of the roses

 Simile
E. THE YELLOW ROSE
- [27] “My roses are yellow," it answered; [28] "as yellow as the
hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne, and
yellower than the daffodil that blooms in the meadow before
the mower comes with his scythe.”

enhances the vividness of the color

 Simile
f. tHE RED ROSE
- [29]“My roses are red," it answered, [30] "as red as the feet of
the dove, and redder than the great fans of coral that wave and
wave in the ocean-cavern.”

emphasizes the intensity of the red color, invoking

natural imagery to convey the richness and vibrancy of
the roses
 HYPERBOLE
[57] Why, what a wonderful piece of luck!' he cried; 'here is a red rose! I
have never seen any rose like it in all my life. It is so beautiful that I am
sure it has long Latin name;' and he leaned down and plucked it.

-”I have never seen any rose like it in all my life.”

→ means he had just seen the prettiest rose he has ever seen
in his life + shows how happy the young student is when he
finally gets the red rose
 HYPERBOLE
[57] Why, what a wonderful piece of luck!' he cried; 'here is a red rose! I
have never seen any rose like it in all my life. It is so beautiful that I am
sure it has long Latin name;' and he leaned down and plucked it.

-”It is so beautiful that I am sure it has long Latin name”

→ makes an amazed impression

makes readers believe that the red rose is extremely pretty
 Students'
09 response
Students' response
Response

New Ending
 Which kind of literary genre
that "The Nightingale and the
Rose" echoes?
 RESPONSE
The style of a fairy tale
(from traditional bedtime narratives for children)
Delves into darker themes
Portrays a poignant narrative: LOVE vs. SACRIFICE
 RESPONSE
The stark contrast between the heart of a bird and that of a human
“Death is a great price to pay for a red rose,” cried the Nightingale
“and Life is very dear to all .....Yet Love is better than Life, and
what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?”
3rd POV: subtly demonstrate the nastiness of the girl
Wilde’s masterful use of symbolism, vivid imagery, and poetic
language
the theme of love, sacrifice
the conflict between romantic idealism & harsh reality

Wilde’s skilful storytelling and deep understanding of human

emotions
 What did the student behave
after being rejected by the girl?
 RESPONSE
'I am afraid it will not go with my dress,[58]' she answered; 'and, besides,
the Chamberlain's nephew has sent me some real jewels, and everybody
knows that jewels cost far more than flowers.[59]'

'Well, upon my word, you are very ungrateful,[60]' said the Student
angrily; and he threw the rose into the street, where it fell into the gutter,
and a cart-wheel went over it[61].
 RESPONSE
The most noteworthy detail: The student threw away the rose after the
girl rejected his confession

The harsh reality of human indifference & superficiality

Wilde's commentary on the shallow nature of society and the

lack of appreciation for genuine beauty & sacrifice.
 new ending

“...When he woke up, the student not only saw the red rose but also
the dead body of the little poor Nightingale. He was extremely
touched and immediately rushed to the girl. Unfortunately, the girl
rejected the student's confession. The student was extremely sorrowful
but he accepted the refusal and did not throw away the red rose, he
kept the flower as a token of gratitude for the Nightingale's sacrifice,
which is supposed to be a balance between materialism and non-
materialism.
 new ending
In a surprising turn of events, as the Nightingale sacrifices herself to
create the red rose, her pure act of selflessness triggers a magical
transformation. The rose blooms not only in a vibrant shade of red
but also releases a powerful enchantment that touches the heart of the
girl. She realizes the depth of the student's love and the Nightingale's
sacrifice, prompting a profound change within her.

The next day, overwhelmed with remorse for her previous

shallowness, the girl rushes to the student, confessing her love for him.
Together, they mourn the Nightingale's sacrifice and bury the little
poor Nightingale, but find solace in the newfound understanding of
true love and selflessness.
 new ending

As the dawn breaks, the garden is filled with an ethereal glow,

symbolizing the enduring power of genuine love and the beauty of
selfless acts. The student and the girl vow to honor the Nightingale's
memory by cherishing their love and nurturing kindness in their hearts
forevermore.”
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 REFERENCES
Literary work:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D01nuF_bSKGqWB0h6Jhi
6gEkU1J2-xE3ONcHmyiDQTQ/edit

Handout:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qlUaszg4UksIe-
TwJTrmEy2E82U6YRTzdebHU66lkHA/edit

Youtube link for video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpkAr4lRevM
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