The student takes the rose to the professor's daughter, but she again rejects him because another man has sent her some real jewels, and "everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers." The student angrily throws the rose into the gutter, returns to his study of metaphysics, and decides not to believe in true love anymore. Seeing the student in tears, the nightingale carries out the ritual, and impales herself on the rose-tree's thorn so that her heart's blood can stain the rose. The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the garden, and one of the white roses tell her that there's a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night, and sacrifice her life to do so. Seeing the student in tears, the nightingale carries out th The Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar WildeĪ nightingale overhears a student complaining that his professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose. The Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar Wilde A nightingale overhears a student complaining that his professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose. I think we're also seeing most of the story from the innocent perspective of the nightingale, who sees hope and love in everything. At the end, he feels hopeless, he has seen the ugly snobbiness of the girl, and he now views the world without hope, that everything is a let down, and the only place to find order is in the laws of science.
At first, he's enraptured with the beauty of the girl, and the desire for a rose, the hope of a relationship blossoming. She understood that true love required sacrifice, and she was willing to be the sacrifice.Īs for the imagery going from beautiful to dull, I think Wilde did that to show the mood portrayed in the student. She said herself that true love was a rare thing, she wanted true love to blossom and flourish. She said herself that true love was a rare thing, she wanted true love to blos …more In a way, I think it was all three. This story can be found freely on many websites: However, there is a way to MAKE a red rose, but with grave consequences. She journeys through the night seeking the perfect red rose and finally comes across a rambling rose bush but alas, the bush has no roses to offer her. A nightingale overhearing his lament from a solitary oak tree is filled with sorrow and admiration all at once, and decides to help the poor young man. It is the tale of a lovestruck student who must provide his lover with a red rose in order to win her heart. As with all of Wilde's short stories it embodies strong moral values and is told with an effervescence akin to that of the 1001 nights.
A nightingale overhearing his lament from a solitary oak tree is filled w An allegorical fable of love, sacrifice and selfishness.
An allegorical fable of love, sacrifice and selfishness.
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