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The Happy Prince- OSCAR WILDE

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DONE BY: Joanna

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Theme of the

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"THE HAPPY PRINCE" IS AN ALLEGORY

THAT IS PACKED WITH VALUABLE THEMES SUCH AS SOCIAL INJUSTICE, THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE POOR AND WEALTHY,SACRIFICE, LOVE. EMPATHY AND COMPASSION.

EXAMPLES FROM THE LESSON

  • The compassion of the statue for other people and the bird’s swallow depicts great sensitive feelings.(LOVE )

  • While the prince gives away his ruby, eyes and gold leaves, the little swallow sacrifices his life to serve humanity. (SACRIFICE)

  • The happy prince lived in his palace not knowing the misery of human beings as he never bothered to look beyond the huge walls of his palace. The rich live lavishly and the poor are not treated well.(DISPARITY BETWEEN THE WEALTHY AND POOR)

AUTHOR'S PROFILE

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NAME:Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde

BORN ON:16 October 1854

PLACE OF BIRTH:Dublin, Ireland

DIED ON:30 November 1900 (aged 46) Paris, France

OCCUPATION:Author, poet, playwright

NATIONALITY:Irish LANGUAGE:English, French,

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OSCAR WILDE.......

ILLUSTRATION

PERSONAL LIFE

DETAILED

PROFILE

  • EDUCATION :Portora Royal School
  • PERIOD:Victorian era
  • GENRE:Epigram, drama, short story, criticism, journalism
  • LITERARY MOVEMENT: Aesthetic and Decadent movement
  • NOTABLE WORKS:The Picture of Dorian Gray,

The Importance of Being Earnest

  • SPOUSE: Constance Lloyd

(m. 1884; died 1898)

  • CHILDREN:Cyril Holland and Vyvyan Holland
  • RELATIVES :Sir William Wilde (father)

Lady Jane Wilde (mother)

Willie Wilde (brother)

CHARACTERS AND THEIR ROLES

THERE ARE 7 CHARACTERS PLAYED IN THIS STORY...

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THE HAPPY PRINCE

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The main character in this story. He used to live a happy life as a prince in the royal palace until he dies. A statue of him is then built and placed on a tall column high above the city, where he is able to see all the ugliness and misery of his city. Originally the statue is gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold. His eyes are two bright sapphires, and he has a large red ruby on his sword hilt. He gets compliments on his appearance and happiness from passersby. He asks a swallow to bring his ruby to a seamstress, his two sapphires to a playwright and a little match girl respectively, and deliver all the gold leaves covering his body to poor people. Then the statue of the happy prince looks little better than a beggar. The town councilors pull it down and melt it in a furnace. Its broken lead heart will not melt in the furnace, so it is thrown away.

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THE SPARROW

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He is on a journey to Egypt to join his friends for winter. When he passes by the statue of the Happy Prince, he decides to take a break. Seeing the Happy Prince weep for the poor people, he agrees to be his messenger and help him give out his precious ruby, sapphires, and gold leaves to those in need. He also accompanies the Happy Prince and tells him stories for many days. However, after he finishes all those tasks, the weather has become so cold that he has no strength to fly any further. He dies at the feet of the Happy Prince.

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TOWN COUNCILORS

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They give compliments on the original appearance of the Happy Prince but call it shabby afterward and eventually destroy the statue.

A SEAMSTRESS

She is embroidering passionflowers on a satin gown for a royal member, but she has nothing to feed her little boy who is lying ill. The swallow brings her the ruby of the Happy Prince's.

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THE PLAYWRIGHT

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He is trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theater, but he is too cold to write anymore and hunger makes him faint. The swallow brings him one of the Happy Prince's sapphires.

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THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

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She is crying because she lets her matches fall in the gutter and cannot bring back any money to her father. She fears that her father may beat her. The swallow brings him the second sapphire of the Happy Prince's.

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GOD

He tells an angel to bring him the two most precious things in the city. The angel brings him the leaden heart and the dead bird. God says that the angel has made the right choice.

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Story Sequence

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  • The swallow stays, so as to accompany The Prince, and tells him stories of its travels.
  • The Prince asks for help for three different situations and later insists the swallow to continue its journey.
  • After flying for long, a swallow settled down in between the feet of the Prince, at night.
  • He does so and in the process, the winter season comes in.
  • The swallow loses its life at the feet of the Prince during the snow.
  • The Prince statue was on a high column in the city.
  • The swallow returns with reports of the suffering people and is instructed by the Prince to give each gold leaf, that he is made of, to the sufferers.
  • The Mayor saw the shabby statue and the dead bird and ordered for them to be thrown away.
  • After the swallow realizes that the Prince is alive in a statue form, the prince asks the swallow to assist him in helping the poor.
  • One day the swallow is told to go around the city and report The city's condition.

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