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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The Happy Prince (By Oscar Wilde) The Happy Prince is a story written by author Oscar Wilde and was published in 1888. The story talks about a statue that can talk and then asks a swallow to do tasks for him. It is a simple yet meaningful story; therefore‚ this essay will first be about the summary of the story then it will discuss the symbolism of the statue of the Happy Prince‚ next it will show the contribution of the statue in the story‚ and the last paragraph will be the reflection of the
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The Joy of Stats The documentary video produced by Wingspan Production shows how useful and interesting statistic is. The professor has an idea that statistic will never be boring. By using statistic‚ you will know what happens on the earth and what will happen on the earth -- you can predict the future. For example‚ according to the statistic‚ people has higher salary always have higher life expectancy so you can predict if the person has high salary‚ the person has high expectancy. Also according
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Kessler English 10 CP 1 February 2013 Comparative Essay: TKAM‚ TJLC‚ Uglies “Conventional behavior is not always moral.” Conventional behavior is any behavior considered “normal” and “right” for a given environment or society as a whole. Moral behavior is any behavior that one person considers and believes is right and wrong‚ which can contradict the thoughts of the society’s conventional behavior. In each book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ and Uglies‚ there was some sort of struggle
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I came across a picture the other day that took me back to an unforgettable and very eventful day. It was a picture taken after a horse show of the horse that I had saved my money for years to purchase. I had been showing horses and participating in rodeos my whole life with my Mom being a huge influence. She was and still is a horse trainer and breeder. I wanted a horse that I could purchase with my money‚ train‚ and show without the help of my Mom. That horse came about in 2000. She was a two year
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Happy Days Remember that old television show" Happy Days?” Well‚ when I was in the fifth grade I remember thinking‚ "My family is like ‘Happy Days’." We were happy and there was plenty of laughter and love to go around. Furthermore‚ like the television show‚ there were plenty of struggles and some kind of dilemma to solve before the night was over. No matter the problems the day may have brought‚ I always went to bed feeling happy‚ safe‚ and loved. Unlike the majority of kids in my fifth-grade
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Гушан Елена 3 курс 304 группа Analysis of the text: The happy man William Somerset Maugham (1974 - 1966)‚ a well-known English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist‚ was the son of a British diplomat. He was educated at King’s School in Canterbury‚ studied painting in Paris‚ went to Heidelberg University in Germany and studied to be a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in England. Although Somerset Maugham did not denounce the contemporary social order‚ he was critical of the morals
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In the movie “Inside Out”‚ Joy played an important role in keeping the little girl Riley happy all the time and making Riley’s every day joyful and amazing. Joy performed high on extraversion‚ high on conscientiousness‚ high on openness‚ low on neuroticism‚ and low on agreeableness. For example‚ in the movie‚ Joy had infinite energy and a thirst for happiness. For Joy‚ every day need to be an amazing day‚ and everyday would be a new adventure in Riley’s life‚ so that she had no time to think about
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The story of Happy Prince was published in 1888. It is an allegory. The story is religious and is full of happiness. Happy Prince is a statue with a smile on his lips. It is made of gold‚ sapphires‚ and brilliants. Some time ago he was a boy with not knowing what tears were. Swallow is a bird‚ helping Happy Prince to please people. The story begins very strange with a describing of a beautiful statue‚ standing very high. In the story we can find a lot of similes‚ metaphors‚ flash-backs. A simile
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The Happy prince" by Oscar Wilde seems to be written for children but its content addresses issues of morality to even adults: it develops feelings of sympathy for the poor in children and it makes adults rethink of their attitudes towards life‚ the conversations between the prince and the swallow in some places amuse us while in others places bring tears to us. Not just the moral values but the way the author treats the topic goes far beyond what one can expect from a fairy tale to rank the story
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