...grammar later One of the best written works by Oscar Wilde, an Irish playwright, poet and author of many short stories as well as novels, is The Happy Prince published in 1988 as a series of children story. Although aimed for kids, the story addressed issue concerned in adult society which deems it to be worthy for discussion. This essay shall provide the background summary of the story, literary analysis regarding the symbol of statue of the happy prince, and thematic analysis relating to the contribution the price offered his people and a reflection of lesson learnt from the story. Paragraph 2: Summary (100 words) change grammar later In the story, when the happy prince was alive, he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. However, when he died, he saw all the misery of the city on a tall column as a statue. A swallow who came from afar stays with the statue of the happy prince and helped the poor with the ruby, the sapphires and the gold covering of the happy prince upon the happy prince’s request. At the end, the swallow died frost. The heart that was made of leaden of the happy prince also broke. Paragraph 3: 150 words. Change grammar later The statue of the Happy Prince in the story symbolized that outward beauty was nothing; it was just a show. The real beauty was the love and sacrifice. The Happy Prince had a lead heart, but this heart was full of sympathies for the poor and the needy. He sacrificed his eyes and beauty just to help them. Now without...
Words: 620 - Pages: 3
...THE HAPPY PRINCE Literature study is a book consists of many useful short stories. Each of them is very beneficial for the reader. One of the stories in that book that caught my attention was “The Happy Prince”. This short story was written by Oscar Wilde in 1888. In this story, it talks about the generosity of a talking statue. I really love reading this book. In addition, I am going to analyze the whole story: a summary of the story, an analysis of a symbol of happy prince, and my idea toward the contribution of the happy prince toward his people. Happy prince was once a human whose life was full of exhilaration and happiness. He never gets to see what life like beyond that thick wall of his palace. When he died, they built him a status and put him up high in the middle of the town. There, he saw a lot of misery, starvation, and poverty. Next he made a friend with a swallow, whose friends are leaving to Egypt to escape the frozen season, and begged him to be his massager. The swallow continues to help the happy prince doing the charity job by talking the valuable stones and gold from the happy prince status—the happy prince status was made of god and rare sapphires. The little bird continues to take those priceless stuffs from happy prince status to help the poor until there were none left. Next, the winter strive, the swallow died because of the cold. Then, the major of the town order his servants to remove the happy prince status from his place since the status was not...
Words: 721 - Pages: 3
...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of the Study In our daily lives, we actually have gone through a lot of incident whether it is good or bad. However, we hardly draw the conclusion of the incident we have been through. We might fail to reach something we have been wanting so long, though the thing we desire is well-planned, yet the result is not like what we expect before. The point is that every time we are facing a problem, we should really pay attention and take the message of it. There will always be sort of a lesson in every single difficulty. Not only shall we find in our daily lives, but we could also find it while reading literary works, watching movies and suchlike. Reading literary works has interesting adventure in which an extra attention is needed to figure it out. For some people, reading novel or short story is more than just about looking for the beautiful story or the greatnesses of the story. Yet, there are some people who only read novel without a deep understanding. Usually the readers will be facing some questions which have something to do with the author’s intention making story. Common question coming out automatically after reading novel or short story is such what is the author trying to tell us in the story or what the moral lessons of the story is. According to Nurgiyantoro (1995:66) to know of what the author feels like to convey in the story is the main task of reading fiction work, it is either Novel or Short story. As a matter...
Words: 4043 - Pages: 17
...invited so that the prince can choose a bride. The step-mother sees a great opportunity for one of her daughters to marry a wealthy man, but not if Ashenputtel is there. She demands of Ashenputtel to perform not one but two seemingly impossible tasks, pick one, then two, bowls of lentils from the ashes. Ashenputtel has no problem, with a couple of magical incantations and all of her little familiar spirit friends to help, she obeys her step-mother quickly. The step-mother still refuses to be kind or to keep her word. Off they go to the festival, leaving Ashenputtel at home to magically ask the Hazel tree to provide her with all she needs. Twice she eludes the prince and makes it home after the dancing is over but on the third night the prince puts a sticky substance on the stairs and captures her shoe. We all know what happened then: the Prince took the shoe, found the maiden and...
Words: 475 - Pages: 2
...Sandy and her beautiful sisters * A modern fairy tale analysis Sandy and her beautiful sisters, is the title of an English short story by Antonia Fraser, which centres on the life of the protagonist sandy. Throughout the story we experience Sandy’s journey from a static character with a monotonous and unhappy life to a more dynamic and happy character. The story is a modern fairy tale with a lot of similarities with the classic fairytale Cinderella, but with a more different vision on gender roles. Some of the aspects of sandy and her beautiful sisters that characterizes it; Are for example the catch phrase - once upon a time... which often are to be find within fairy tales. Furthermore we can find several other indicators such as: the number three (a three point plan, three sisters, three kinds of cherry and three different kinds of flowers in a vast basket) and symbolic names (Mrs. Fairey and Sam Prince). The author deliberately uses those characteristics to make us think of fairy tales and thus Cinderella, because sandy and her beautiful sisters have a more modern theme and moral than the original. Cinderella’s (the Charles Perrault (and Disney) version) preaches the moral that beauty in a woman is a rare treasure that will always be admired. Graciousness, however, is priceless and of even greater value. Young women, in the winning of a heart, graciousness is more important than a beautiful hairdo. Without it nothing is possible; with it, one can do anything. ...
Words: 697 - Pages: 3
...The Little Prince plot The narrator, an airplane pilot, crashes in the Sahara desert. The crash badly damages his airplane and leaves the narrator with very little food or water. As he is worrying over his predicament, he is approached by the little prince, a very serious little blond boy who asks the narrator to draw him a sheep. The narrator obliges, and the two become friends. The pilot learns that the little prince comes from a small planet that the little prince calls Asteroid 325 but that people on Earth call Asteroid B-612. The little prince took great care of this planet, preventing any bad seeds from growing and making sure it was never overrun by baobab trees. One day, a mysterious rose sprouted on the planet and the little prince fell in love with it. But when he caught the rose in a lie one day, he decided that he could not trust her anymore. He grew lonely and decided to leave. Despite a last-minute reconciliation with the rose, the prince set out to explore other planets and cure his loneliness. While journeying, the narrator tells us, the little prince passes by neighboring asteroids and encounters for the first time the strange, narrow-minded world of grown-ups. On the first six planets the little prince visits, he meets a king, a vain man, a drunkard, a businessman, a lamplighter, and a geographer, all of whom live alone and are overly consumed by their chosen occupations. Such strange behavior both amuses and perturbs the little prince. He does not understand...
Words: 3002 - Pages: 13
...Major themes in the Prince Statesmanship & Warcraft Machiavelli believes that good laws follow naturally from a good military. His famous statement that “the presence of sound military forces indicates the presence of sound laws” describes the relationship between developing states and war in The Prince. Machiavelli reverses the conventional understanding of war as a necessary, but not definitive, element of the development of states, and instead asserts that successful war is the very foundation upon which all states are built. Much of The Prince is devoted to describing exactly what it means to conduct a good war: how to effectively fortify a city, how to treat subjects in newly acquired territories, and how to prevent domestic insurrection that would distract from a successful war. But Machiavelli’s description of war encompasses more than just the direct use of military force—it comprises international diplomacy, domestic politics, tactical strategy, geographic mastery, and historical analysis. Within the context of Machiavelli’s Italy—when cities were constantly threatened by neighboring principalities and the area had suffered through power struggles for many years—his method of viewing almost all affairs of state through a military lens was a timely innovation in political thinking. Goodwill & Hatred To remain in power, a prince must avoid the hatred of his people. It is not necessary for him to be loved; in fact, it is often better for him to be feared. Being...
Words: 936 - Pages: 4
...The Masque of the Red Death is a short story about a terrible disease known as the Red Death that has struck the kingdom. It has already killed half the kingdom which has made it incredibly fatal. The Prince Prospero, doesn’t seem to care one bit about the poor, dying subjects roaming through the kingdom. Instead, the Prince decides to let the kingdom take care of themselves while him and his favorite knights and ladies throw a never-ending party. After five or six months into his stay, Prince Prospero decides to have a huge masquerade ball. The ball takes place in a suite of seven rooms, each one designed as a different color (blue, green, purple, orange, white, violet, and black). After some time everybody stops dancing and end up falling asleep momentarily silent. Suddenly, some of the guest that were still dancing notice a guest they’ve never seen before, wearing an utterly scandalous costume. The guest decides to dress up as a corpse who died of the Red Death. He slowly starts stalking through the frightened crowd. Prince Prospero, takes notice to him he’s extremely...
Words: 1043 - Pages: 5
...Machiavelli’s as a Humanist: Examples and the Lesson He Learn Humanities 101 Strayer University Instructor: Professor Coppelli CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance received in its presentation is acknowledged and disclosed in the paper (with both in-text citations and a Works Cited sheet at the end of the essay). I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas, or words, quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. I also certify that this paper was prepared specifically for this course and has not been used for another course (and will not be) either in whole or substantial part. TYPE NAME AND DATE HERE: Power is defined as; a person, group, or nation having great influence or control over others; the might of a nation, political organization, or similar group and; forcefulness; effectiveness (Inc., 2011) . A humanist is defined as one who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans (Inc., 2011). Niccolo’ Machiavelli sought after the power of politics because; he was constantly explaining to individual how to get power and how to hold on to it. He thought,” humanists suppose to believe that individual only grows to maturity, both intellectually and morally through participation in life of the state’ (Machiavelli, 1531, revised 1975, 1981, 1995, 1999). Everyone has their own opinions about him, and his way of life; depending on whom you speak with. His life has some examples...
Words: 1769 - Pages: 8
...Rising, 1067-8; Cornwall & Devon, 1068-9 Fenland’s boggy isle of Ely Fenland’s boggy isle of Ely Date Geography Date Geography Pure Saxon revolt. Earl Morcar expected help from the Danes. Pure Saxon revolt. Earl Morcar expected help from the Danes. Edgar Atheling of Wessex. King Malcolm. King Swegn Viking army Supported by native Anglo Scandinavians Northumbrian aristocracy. Welsh Edgar Atheling of Wessex. King Malcolm. King Swegn Viking army Supported by native Anglo Scandinavians Northumbrian aristocracy. Welsh (1)Edwin + Morcar allied with Welsh princes (2)Thegn - Eadric the ‘wild’ the Welsh princes rising put down fitzOsbern. (1)Edwin + Morcar allied with Welsh princes (2)Thegn - Eadric the ‘wild’ the Welsh princes rising put down fitzOsbern. 3 of Harold’s sons came of over from Ireland. 3 of Harold’s sons came of over from Ireland. Foreign – Eustace of Boulogne. Foreign – Eustace of Boulogne. Nature of Leader ship Nature of Leader ship Lack of royal authority. Anti-Norman. Lack of royal authority. Anti-Norman. North had been semi-dependant of south before 1066. Northern earls didn’t try to save Godwin (1051) or Edward (1052) and ejected Tostig (1065). Lack of royal authority + monastic influence. Allowed...
Words: 1411 - Pages: 6
...The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe 1. Plot. The story takes place at the castellated abbey of the "happy and dauntless and sagacious" Prince Prospero. Prospero and one thousand other nobles have taken refuge in this walled abbey to escape the Red Death, a terrible plague with gruesome symptoms that has swept over the land. Victims are overcome by convulsions and sweat blood. The plague is said to kill within half an hour. Prospero and his court are indifferent to the sufferings of the population at large. They intend to await the end of the plague in luxury and safety behind the walls of their secure refuge, having welded the doors shut. One night, Prospero holds a masquerade ball to entertain his guests in seven colored rooms of the abbey. Each of the first six rooms is decorated and illuminated in a specific color: blue, purple, green, orange, white, and violet. The last room is decorated in black and is illuminated by a scarlet light, "a deep blood color". Because of this chilling pairing of colors, very few guests are brave enough to venture into the seventh room. The same room is the location of a large ebony clock that ominously clangs at each hour, upon which everyone stops talking or dancing and the orchestra stops playing. Once the chiming stops, everyone immediately resumes the masquerade. At the chiming of midnight, the revelers and Prospero notice a figure in a dark, blood-splattered robe resembling a funeral shroud. The figure's face resembles...
Words: 1536 - Pages: 7
...or a song sounds melodic it can still be considered art. Sculptures made of trash can be considered art, where I just see someone's leftovers gone rotten. Just like a pile of trash has the possibility of turning into a million dollar sculpture, all art has the possibility of turning into great art. Art isn't great because it looks beautiful to everyone: it's great because it inflicts emotion in the viewer. I look at garbage and see garbage, someone else looks at garbage and sees the struggle of the forgotten few. Wallach quotes artist Richard Prince, who says that there will not be “a consensus” in a room of people. For Prince, his art is good because he feels good when he makes it. It's the fact that his art causes him to feel that makes it great....
Words: 479 - Pages: 2
...become each other’s dream, and an “awww” moment ensues. The question to ask is “Where do these dreams come from?” and “What do these dreams mean?” Taking this second question, the implications of Rapunzel and Flynn’s dream impact more than just the world of the film. The Disney Princess films have been studied within an inch of their lives by a great number of scholars in a great number of fields. One common study takes the ideas of gender development and combines them with the Disney Princess films. However, the implications of gender do not stop here as gender identity can still be impacted as the viewers age. Interpretation of the princess films has been a huge aspect of their scholarly application as the behavior of the princesses, and princes, can be interpreted and compared with gender stereotypes and norms to assess the impact their portrayals can have on the viewing audience. The film Tangled is often seen as Disney’s take on a modern princess, and Rapunzel and Flynn have a great deal to contribute to both gender development study and media interpretation of gender. Gender development is a field of study which has been impacted in a number of ways by modern theorists and he field is continuing to be shaped by theories known as Queer Theories, as well as the changing demographics of the modern family. One thing that many of the classic and modern theories agree on is the importance of gender role models: whether or not modeling after these role models is conscious or subconscious...
Words: 2957 - Pages: 12
...Key Facts full title · The Little Prince (in French, Le Petit Prince) author · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry type of work · Children’s story, novella genre · Fable, allegory language · French time and place written · The summer and fall of 1942, while Saint-Exupéry was living in Long Island, New York date of first publication · First published in English translation in 1943. The first French edition did not appear until 1946. publisher · Reynal & Hitchcock, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. (U.S. edition, both French and English); Gallimard (French edition) narrator · A pilot who crashes in the Sahara desert, where he meets the little prince. The narrator tells his story of the encounter six years after it happened. point of view · The narrator gives a first-person account, although he spends large portions of the story recounting the little prince’s own story of his travels. tone · When describing his surreal, poignant encounter with the little prince, the narrator’s tone is bittersweet. When describing the adult world, the narrator’s tone is matter-of-fact and often regretful. tense · Past settings (time) · “Six years ago,” although the current date is never specified settings (place) · The Sahara Desert and outer space protagonists · The little prince, the pilot major conflict · The childlike perspectives of the prince and, to some extent, those of the narrator are in conflict with the stifling beliefs of the adult world. rising action · After he...
Words: 7718 - Pages: 31
...Zach Kuhn Writing for TV and film 9/8/14 Movie Analysis Spaceballs At about 7 minutes in we meet our hero, Lone Star, who seems to be lazy and slow. He is motivated by cash because he lost a lot gambling. When first meeting the princess he is rude and selfish, but throughout the movie that changes for the better. He struggles to find out who he really is because he lost his parents, but he finds out near the end that he is a prince. He goes on to defeat Planet Spaceballs and Dark Helmet while saving the princess. The ordinary world: About 11 minutes in we meet the protagonist who is our hero also. Lone Star is drunk sleeping while his ship is on auto pilot. We meet his partner Barf and find out PizzatheHut wants to kill them unless they give him one million spacebucks. Call to adventure: About 18 minutes in Lone Star gets a call from the King of Druidia asking him to recuse his daughter (the princess) from Dark Helmet. Refusal of the call: About 19 minutes in Lone Star realizes he does not want to take the call to adventure because its very dangerous and Dark Helmet already wants him dead. Mentor: Also 19 minutes in the King tells Lone Star he will pay them whatever they want so the money becomes the mentor for him to go on the call to adventure. Crossing the threshold: About 25 minutes in Lone Star jams Spaceballs radar and steals the princess and her droid back into his ship. 30 minutes in and act one ends and the B story starts when...
Words: 601 - Pages: 3
