The Nightingale and the Rose夜莺与玫瑰赏析.pptx

The Nightingale and the RoseOscar WildeText Analysis Structure1) Nightingale struck by the “the mystery of love”2)Nightingale looking for a red rose to facilitate the love 3) Nightingale sacrificing her life for a red rose 4) Student discarding the red roseGenre of the storyFairy tale (1) personifications of birds, insects, animals and trees (2) vivid, simple narration---typical of the oral tradition of fairy tales. (3) symbolic meaning given to words (4) repetitive patternThemeThe 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. Nightingale sacrifices its own life for pure love’s sake. A true love needs wholehearted devotion and passion.Characters and Symbolic meaningsRed rose—true love, which needs constant nourishment of passions of the loversthree stages:love in the heart of a boy and a girl; love in the soul of a man and a maid; love that is perfected by Death, that does not die in the tomb.Characters and Symbolic meaningsLizard—a cynical 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 contemptuousNightingale --- a truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to sacrifice her own precious lifeCharacters and Symbolic meaningsStudent --- not a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent in pursuing The professor’s daughter: not cherish love, money worship (拜金主义）Head and HeartThe nightingale and the rose: out of music by moonlight stain it with my own hearts-blood, Love is wiser than Philosophy Death is a great price to pay for a red rose Love is better than LifeHead and HeartThe 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.Wilde criticize Characters and Symbolic meaningsWriting devices1) Personification 2) Simile and metaphor3) Repetition4) Cli