Thursday, 25 January 2018

The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

           

0......Introduction of Oscar Wilde




          Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890.




O..........The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde


     In this story, a young man, a student, is told by a woman that she would dance with him at the ball the next night if he brought her a red rose. However he has no red rose, but nightingale help to a student , The bird flies around trying to find a red rose. The student finds the rose and is thrilled, so he plucks it and brings it to his love interest. The girl rejects the rose saying it won’t match her dress, plus someone else brought her jewelry which is much better. The student walks away and throws the rose in the gutter where it is run over by a cart. He decided that love is ridiculous and logic is better.

                  I have provided a link to the story below, it isn’t very long and very beautifully written. And also here is a video representation of the story…








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