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    The Happy Prince’s analysis 1. Inciting moment The city stood the statue of the Happy Prince‚ which is very beautiful‚ decorated with fine gold‚ ruby and sapphires. The citizens love it‚ however‚ some of them think it is not useful. At the beginning of this story‚ the author directly described the Happy Prince’s appearance and then used the citizens’ words to emphasize the "happy" image of the Happy Prince. However‚ after reading the whole story‚ we can noticed that the name of the Happy Prince

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    written tale The Happy Prince‚ it tells a story of love and generosity. The book delves into a fairy tale of a swallow and a prince‚ it poetically talks of the time when the prince was alive and how he was such a joyful person. The people of the kingdom bestowed upon the prince the nickname ’The Happy Prince.’ When the prince died the town councillors chose to create a statue honouring him‚ setting the statue high above the town so the happy prince could watch over everyone. The Prince was coated in

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    THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES By Oscar Wilde AN ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Happy Prince and other tales by Oscar Wilde is a publication of The Electronic Classics Series. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file‚ for any purpose‚ and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis‚ Editor‚ nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University

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    this is from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy

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    If you don’t live in an English-speaking country‚ and you don’t have friends or family to speak English with‚ where can you practise your English speaking skills? It’s easier to have a conversation if you have a reason to speak – something to talk about. These ideas all give you a reason to speak with another person. Start a film or book club Invite people to discuss a film that you all watch together‚ or a book that you are all reading. Prepare questions before‚ to help people talk about specific

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    “The Happy Prince” is a fairy tale Oscar Wilde wrote for his two sons but its educational and humane value go far beyond the fairy world of children. The story develops children’s compassion and sympathy for the poor and makes adults look back on their attitude toward the unfortunate people around them. All the good actions of the Happy Prince are so worthy and touching that he deserves our respect and admiration. The Happy Prince’s actions of helping the poor are worthy of respect. Without the

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    THE HAPPY PRINCE Symbolism is the use of symbols to show ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal meaning. Basically‚ it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant. For instance‚ “smile” is a symbol of friendship. Similarly‚ the action of someone smiling at you may stand as a symbol of the feeling of affection which that person has for you. Symbols do shift their meanings depending

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    people who talk about the Happy Prince? Why does the Mathematical Master think the Charity Children do not know what angels look like? Why do the Charity Children believe they know what angels look like? Who does the little Swallow fall in love with? Why do the other swallows think the little Swallow has formed a "ridiculous attachment"? Why won’t the Reed go with the Swallow? Why does the little Swallow decide to leave the Reed? Why is the Happy Prince crying? Where is the

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    The Happy Prince The happy prince is a short story written by Oscar Wilde for kids in the 80’s. Oscar Wilde’s famous work ‘The importance of being Ernest’ was published after the happy prince. So the happy prince can be considered as the work as a stepping stone for Wilde to write what is considered to be as his best work. In the story of the happy prince‚ the author intended to highlight a few main themes or ideology such as hypocrisy‚ poverty and exploitation. Hypocrisy is simply defined as

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    [pic] Publication data *Title of the book: The happy prince and other tales *Author: Oscar Wilde *Publisher: Noorsons publishers *Date of first publication: 1888(A.D) *Current publication: Not known *Number of stories: Five (5) *Number of

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