children,'s stories full of veiled comments on li Characteristics 1)personification of birds, insects, animals and trees 2)vivid, simple narration -- typical of the oral trad ition of fairy tales 3)repetitive pattern Symbolic meanings of“ Red rose”,“ Lizard”“ Butterfly and“ Nightingale”: Symbolic meanings: Red rose---true love. which needs constant nourishment of passions of the lovers Lizard -- cynic(cynical people cynic: a person who sees little or no good in anything and who has no belief in human progres person who shows this by sneering and being contemptuous Nightingale ---a truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to sacrifice his own precious life Student ---not a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent in pursuing love Wilde's comments in a letter to one of his friends( May 1888) The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. She, at least, is romance, and the student and the irl are, like most of us, unworthy of romance. So, at least, it seems to me, but I like to fancy that there may be many meanings in the tale for in writing it i did not start with an idea and clothe it in form, but began with a form and strove to make it beautiful enough to have many secrets and many Other analyses 1)The Student's one-sided preference for word knowledge over emotions is clear from the moment he first sees the rose. " It is so beautiful, "he says, "that I am sure it has a long Latin name The Student, the young woman, and their society are all one-sided psychically. They have devalued the"capacity to love", here symbolized by both the nightingale and the rose 2)The relationship of head and heart is a central concern of Wilde's fairytales. Promising to provide the red rose"out of music by moonlight"and to"stain it with my own heart's-blood, " the Nightingale asks of the Student only that he"will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, But 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"knowled ge and almost no"heart" knowledge 3)Wilde is right that the only lover is the Nightingale. The wholeness it achieves is symbolized by the discarded, devalued rose. In the end the Student and the young woman reject the wholeness offered by that symbol Fi igurative speeches used in the text 1 )Personification - give human forms or feelings to animals, or life and personal attributes to inanimate objects, or to ideas and abstractions e. g gypsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day? 2)Simile and metaphor Simile:. her voice was like water bubbling from a silver jar as white as the foam of the sea3 - children’s stories - full of veiled comments on life Characteristics: 1) personification of birds, insects, animals and trees 2) vivid, simple narration --- typical of the oral tradition of fairy tales 3)repetitive pattern Symbolic meanings of “Red rose”, “Lizard” “Butterfly” and “Nightingale”: Symbolic meanings: Red rose --- true love, which needs constant nourishment of passions of the lovers. Lizard --- cynic (cynical people) cynic: a 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, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to sacrifice his own precious life Student --- not a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent in pursuing love Wilde’s comments in a letter to one of his friends(May 1888): 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, unworthy of Romance. So, at least, it seems to me, but I like to fancy that there may be many meanings in the tale, for in writing it I did not start with an idea and clothe it in form, but began with a form and strove to make it beautiful enough to have many secrets and many answers. Other analyses 1) The Student's one-sided preference for word knowledge over emotions is clear from the moment he first sees the rose. "It is so beautiful," he says, "that I am sure it has a long Latin name" . The Student, the young woman, and their society are all one-sided psychically. They have devalued the "capacity to love", here symbolized by both the Nightingale and the rose. 2) The relationship of head and heart is a central concern of Wilde's fairytales. Promising to provide the red rose "out of music by moonlight" and to "stain it with my own heart's-blood," the Nightingale asks of the Student only that he "will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, " But 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 almost no "heart" knowledge. 3) Wilde is right that the only lover is the Nightingale. The wholeness it achieves is symbolized by the discarded, devalued rose. In the end, the Student and the young woman reject the wholeness offered by that symbol. Figurative speeches used in the text: 1)Personification --- give human forms or feelings to animals, or life and personal attributes to inanimate objects, or to ideas and abstractions. e.g. Time, you old gypsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day? 2) Simile and metaphor Simile: …her voice was like water bubbling from a silver jar. …as white as the foam of the sea…