TheNightingaleandtheRose夜莺与玫瑰

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1、The Nightingale and the RoseOscar WildeText Analysis Structure 1)Nightingale struck by the“the mystery of love”2)Nightingale looking for a red rose to facilitate the love 3)Nightingale sacrificing her life for a red rose 4)Student discarding the red roseGenre of the story Fairy tale (1)personificati

2、ons of birds,insects,animals and trees (2)vivid,simple narration-typical of the oral tradition of fairy tales.(3)symbolic meaning given to words (4)repetitive patternTheme The nightingale is the true lover,if there is one.She,at least,is Romance,and the student and the girl are,like most of us,unwor

3、thy of Romance.Nightingale sacrifices its own life for pure loves sake.A true love needs wholehearted devotion and passion.Characters and Symbolic meanings Red rosetrue love,which needs constant nourishment of passions of the lovers three stages:love in the heart of a boy and a girl;love in the soul

4、 of a man and a maid;love that is perfected by Death,that does not die in the tomb.Characters and Symbolic meanings Lizarda cynical person who sees little or no good in anything and who has no belief in human progress;person who shows this by sneering and being contemptuous Nightingale-a truthful,de

5、voted pursuer of love,who dares to sacrifice her own precious lifeCharacters and Symbolic meaningsStudent-not a true lover,ignorant of love,not persistent in pursuing The professors daughter:not cherish love,money worship (拜金主义）Head and HeartThe nightingale and the rose:out of music by moonlight sta

6、in it with my own hearts-blood,Love is wiser than Philosophy Death is a great price to pay for a red rose Love is better than LifeHead and Heart The student:cannot understand what the Nightingale says,for he only knew the things that are written down in books.”He has too much head knowledge and almo

7、st no heart knowledge.Wilde criticize Characters and Symbolic meaningsWriting devices 1)Personification 2)Simile and metaphor 3)Repetition 4)Climax and anticlimaxBeautiful sentencesDeath is a great price to pay for a red rose,and Life is very dear to all.It is pleasant to sit in the green wood,and t

8、o 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.Bitter,bitter was the pain,and wilder and wilder grew her song,for she sang of the Love that is pe

9、rfected by Death,of the Love that dies not in the tomb.Then she gave one last burst of music.The white Moon heard it,and she forgot the dawn,and lingered on in the sky.The red rose heard it,and it trembled all over in ecstasy,and opened its petals to the cold morning air.My roses are white,it answered;as white as the foam of the sea,and whiter than the snow upon the mountain.Thank you